Biomass of zooplankton and micronekton in the southern bluefin tuna fishing grounds off eastern Tasmania, Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Young, J W ^a   Bradford, R W ^a   Lamb, T D ^a   Lyne, V D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Micronekton; Southern bluefin tuna; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; FISHING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MICRONEKTON; SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 0029669558     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps138001     Document Type: Article

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