Relationships between geographic distribution and abundance of American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-119

  Swain, Douglas P ^a   Morin, Roderick ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

ABUNDANCE; AMERICAN PLAICE; CATCH RATE; GEOGRAPHIC RANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION NUMBER;

CANADA, GULF OF ST LAWRENCE; GULF OF ST LAWRENCE;

EID: 0029728976     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-163     Document Type: Article

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