Fecundity and egg weight in english sole, Pleuronectes vetulus, from Puget Sound, Washington: Influence of nutritional status and chemical contaminants

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-249

  Johnson, Lyndal L ^a   Sol, Sean Y ^a   Lomax, Daniel P ^a   Nelson, Gregory M ^a   Sloan, Catherine A ^a   Casillas, Edmundo ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLEURONECTES VETULUS; PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; EGG WEIGHT; ENGLISH SOLE; FECUNDITY; NUTRITION; POLLUTION;

USA, WASHINGTON, PUGET SOUND;

EID: 0030616934     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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