Predation on eggs of the thorny skate

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 380-384

  Cox, David L ^a   Walker, Paddy ^b   Koob, Thomas J ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek de Zee   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EGG PREDATION;

DENMARK; NORDLICHE SLICKBANK; NORTH SEA;

RAJA RADIATA;

EID: 0032985855     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0380:POEOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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