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A Perspective of the Importance of Artificial Habitat on the Management of Red Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico

Robert L. Shipp Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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Stephen A. Bortone Minnesota Sea Grant College Program, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Pages 41-47 | Published online: 27 May 2009

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