Distribution and biology of Alepocephalus rostratus from the Mediterranean sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1097-1112

  Morales Nin, B ^a   Massuti E ^b   Stefanescu, C ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alepocephalus rostratus; bathymetric distribution; growth; Mediterranean deepsea; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALEPOCEPHALUS ROSTRATUS;

DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; FISH BIOLOGY; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MATURITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, WESTERN BASIN, CATALAN SEA;

EID: 0030153569     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0113     Document Type: Article

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