Age, growth, and natural mortality of rock hind, Epinephelus adscensionis, from the Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 903-917

  Burton, Michael L ^a   Potts, Jennifer C ^a   Carr, Daniel R ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EPINEPHELUS ADSCENSIONIS;

EID: 84868525171     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1102     Document Type: Article

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