Abundance, distribution, reproduction and diet of notacanthid fishes from the north-east Atlantic

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1038-1057

  Coggan, R A ^a   Gordon, J D M ^a   Merrett, N R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep water fish; Diet; Morphometry; Notacanthidae; Population; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DIET; MORPHOMETRICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT; ROCKALL TROUGH;

ANIMALIA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; NOTACANTHIDAE; NOTACANTHUS BONAPARTEI; PISCES; POLYACANTHONOTUS RISSOANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032079187     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0650     Document Type: Article

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