Environmentally induced short-term variability in the growth rates of larval herring

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 11-23

  Gallego, A ^a   Heath, M R ^a   McKenzie, E ^b   Cargill, L H ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Fish larvae; Growth; Otolith; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HERRING; SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0029669623     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137011     Document Type: Article

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