Ecology and management of Bonefish (Albula Spp.) in the Bahamian Archipelago

Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 79-92

  Danylchuk, Andy J ^a   Danylchuk, Sascha E ^b   Cooke, Steven J ^c   Goldberg, Tony L ^d   Koppelman, Jeff ^e   Philipp, David P ^e  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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