Physical environment and recruitment variabiliity of atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, in the Gulf of Maine

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 376-385

  Lazzari, Mark A ^a   Stevenson, David K ^a   Ezzy, Stephen M ^a  

^a MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; RECRUITMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VARIABILITY;

ATLANTIC, GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0030616559     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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