The 'constant M axiom'refers to the often automatic assumption made in fish stock
assessment, that the instantaneous natural mortality rate, expressed on an annual basis, is …

Annual catch of banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis de Man) from the Gulf of
Carpentaria, Australia, varied six-fold (range 1677–9705 t) over the period 1970 to 1979 …

We estimated actual 2-week mortalities of postlarval and juvenile brown shrimp in a
Galveston Bay salt marsh by comparing densities of cohorts throughout the spring …

The species composition, catch and mortality rates of sea turtles captured incidentally by the
tiger prawn fishery on Australia's northern coast in 1989 and 1990 were estimated by …

3.2. Maturity 3.3. Fecundity 3.4. Sex Ratio 4. Stock Identity 5. Mortality 5.1. Total Mortality
Rate, Z 5.2. Natural Mortality Rate, M 5.3. Fishing Mortality Rate, F 6. Fecundity and Survival …

The value of wetlands is reflected in the relative abundance and production of nekton, but
these population variables have been difficult to estimate because of sampling problems …

Processes regulating juvenile growth and mortality of white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus in
coastal nurseries may be particularly important in regulating offshore adult population size …

Postlarval Penaeus merguiensis de Man were sampled regularly at the mouth of the
Norman River estuary in the south-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. from 1975 to 1979 …

Mercury concentrations in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) collected from an area of
mercury-contaminated sediments in Lavaca Bay, TX, USA, are more than an order of …

The relationship between spawning stock and recruitment in penaeid shrimp fisheries has
been questioned because they exhibit unique characteristics with respect to population …