The Evolutionary Effects of Fishing: Implications for Stock Management and Rebuilding

Recent empirical studies have demonstrated inter-generational morphological and life-history changes in fish stocks that have been impacted by size-selective harvest. Evolutionary processes in biological populations occur through differential survival and reproductive success based, in part, upon in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leaf, Robert Thomas
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28636
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08122010-063252/