Variability in stage I egg production and settlement of plaice Pleuronectes platessa on the west side of the Isle of Man, Irish Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 241-250

  Nash, Richard D M ^a   Geffen, Audrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg production; Irish Sea; Plaice; Settlement; Variability

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FISH; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

IRISH SEA;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033607533     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189241     Document Type: Article

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