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Alternate Title
A Survey of Population Characteristics for Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout in Louisiana
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Article
Abstract
Red drum and spatted seatrout stocks were sampled from seven separate study areas along the Louisiana coast and from one estuarine area in Texas, with additional intensive temporal (monthly) and microgeographic (range of salinity regimes) samplings being carried out in one Louisiana study area. Condition coefficients, which did not appear to be affected by salinity regimes within the microgeographic sampling area, varied significantly according to study area, with Texas fish showing significantly lower condition coefficients than Louisiana fish. Van Bertalanffy growth equations were fitted and annual mortality rates were estimated to obtain preliminary estimates of yields, population numbers, and densities of these species in Louisiana.
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1
Last Page
8
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Recommended Citation
Wakeman, J. M. and P. R. Ramsey.
1985.
A Survey of Population Characteristics for Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout in Louisiana.
Gulf Research Reports
8
(1):
1-8.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol8/iss1/1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0801.01
