Metapopulations and the Atlantic herring

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-329

  McQuinn, Ian H ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS;

HERRING; METAPOPULATION; METAPOPULATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SYMPATRIC POPULATIONS;

EID: 0031404992     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018491828875     Document Type: Article

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