Population dynamics and resource ecology of Atlantic Tarpon and Bonefish

Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 217-258

  Ault, Jerald S ^a   Humston, Robert ^b   Larkin, Michael F ^a   Perusquia, Eduardo ^c   Farmer, Nicholas A ^a   Luo, Jiangang ^a   Zurcher, Natalia ^a   Smith, Steven G ^a   Barbieri, Luiz R ^d   Posada, Juan M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Miguel Hidalgo Delegation   (Mexico)

^d FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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