Virtual population analysis of two snapper species, Lutjanus analis and Lutjanus chrysurus, caught off Pernambuco State, north-eastern Brazil

We applied steady-state Virtual Population Analysis - VPA to two stocks of snappers (Lutjanus analis and L. chrysurus) exploited by artisanal hand-line fleets along the Pernambuco State coast (North-eastern Brazil). We show that even short-data series (1 year of sampling) can produce a useful diagno...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Macedo Gomes de Mattos, Francesc Maynou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592009000300006