Growth and mortality rates of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Perciformes: Scombridae) in the central Atlantic Ocean

Growth and mortality rates of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Perciformes: Scombridae) in the central Atlantic Ocean

Age and growth parameters were estimated for bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Lowe, 1839 sampled from China longline fisheries in the central Atlantic Ocean from October 2002 to July 2003 and from August 2004 to March 2005. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated at L8=217.9 cm fork length, k...

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Main Authors: Guoping Zhu, Liuxiong Xu, Yingqi Zhou, Xinjun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2009-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
growth
mortality
the central Atlantic Ocean
size frequency analysis
length-weight relationship
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