Age, growth, and mortality of gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) from the southeastern United States

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-39

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

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALISTES CAPRISCUS;

EID: 84920196933     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7755/FB.113.1.3     Document Type: Article

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