Aggregation of euphausiids and Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) along the outer continental shelf off Vancouver Island

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2080-2096

  Mackas, David L ^a   Kieser, Robert ^b   Saunders, Mark ^b   Yelland, Douglas R ^a   Brown, Robin M ^a   Moore, Douglas F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPHAUSIIDAE; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0031474467     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-54-9-2080     Document Type: Article

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