Latitudinal and seasonal effects on growth of the Australian eastern king prawn (Melicertus plebejus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1525-1538

  Lloyd Jones, Luke R ^a   Wang, You Gan ^a   Courtney, Anthony J ^b   Prosser, Andrew J ^b   Montgomery, Steven S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Cronulla Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; SEASONALITY; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

EID: 84865354502     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-072     Document Type: Article

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