Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus): A review of life history and key vulnerabilities in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 256-283

  Parsons, D M ^a   Sim Smith, Cj ^b   Cryer, M ^c   Francis, Mp ^a   Hartill, B ^a   Jones, Eg ^a   Le Port, A ^d   Lowe, M ^a,d   McKenzie, J ^a   Morrison, M ^a   Paul, Lj ^e   Radford, C ^d   Ross, Pm ^f   Spong, Kt ^a   Trnski, T ^g   Usmar, N ^e   Walsh, C ^h   Zeldis, J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b ClearSight Consultants Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Coastal Marine Field Station University of Waikato ^*  (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^g AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^h Stock Monitoring Services Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chrysophrys; ecological interactions; fishery induced evolution; habitat use; human impacts; life history review; Pagrus; population subcomponents

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHING; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; PERCIFORM; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHRYSOPHRYS; CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; PAGRUS;

EID: 84901656920     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2014.892013     Document Type: Review

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