The use of otolith microstructure in resolving issues of first year growth and spawning seasonality of white hake, Urophycis tenuis, in the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank region

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 170-175

  Lang, Kathy L ^a   Almeida, Frank P ^a   Bolz, George R ^a   Fahay, Michael P ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; OTOLITHS; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC, GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE;

UROPHYCIS TENUIS;

EID: 0029668859     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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