Chambers, Gilbert V., and Albert K. Sparks. 



1959. An ecological survey of the Houston Ship Channel and adjacent 

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Catch of B. patronus juveniles in trawl during 1958 and a 

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Chapman, Charles R. 



1966. The Texas basins project, p. 83-92. In A symposium on estuarine 

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Chapman, Wilbert McLeod. 



1964. The theory and practice of the 12-mile fishery limit. 



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Chapoton, Robert B. 



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Scale formation begins as a single row on the anterior 

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Chapoton, Robert B. 



1970. History and status of the Gulf of Mexico's menhaden purse 



seine fishery. (Abstract). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell 

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Analysis of catch and effort data to determine the 

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Chapoton, Robert B. 



1972. The future of the Gulf menhaden, the United States' largest 

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History and status of the fishery with estimates of maximum 

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