Stock identification of wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans using morphometrics and parasites

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 164-172

  Zischke, Mitchell T ^a,b   Griffiths, Shane P ^b   Tibbetts, Ian R ^a   Lester, Robert J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological markers; fishery management; multivariate analysis; pelagic; Scombridae; stock structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; GENETIC MARKER; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PELAGIC FISHERY; PERCIFORM; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84871248945     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss164     Document Type: Article

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