Per-recruit stock assessment of wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) in the southwest Pacific Ocean

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-418

  Zischke, Mitchell T ^a,b,c   Griffiths, Shane P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCYBIUM SOLANDRI;

EID: 84939864475     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7755/FB.113.4.4     Document Type: Article

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