Assessment of egg and larval viability in cod, Gadus morhua: Methods and results from an experimental study

Fisheries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-186

  Nissling, Anders ^a   Larsson, Roger ^a   Vallin, Lars ^b   Frohlund, Karin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Cod; Egg viability; Experimental work; Larval viability; Methods

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EGG DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RECRUITMENT; VIABILITY;

BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0031751023     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-7836(98)00121-0     Document Type: Article

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