Variability in growth rates of larval haddock in the northern North Sea

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-92

  Gallego, A ^a,b   Heath, M R ^b   Basford, D J ^b   Mackenzie, B R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birthdate; Early life history; Environment; Gadoids; Otolith; Particle tracking model

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 0032996952     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2419.1999.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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