Individual variability in growth rate and the timing of metamorphosis in yellowtail flounder Pleuronectes ferrugineus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 1999, Pages 231-244

  Benoît, Hugues P ^a   Pepin, Pierre ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development rate; Growth rate; Individual variability; Otoliths; Pleuronectes ferrugineus; Temperature; Timing of metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

FISH; GROWTH RATE; METAMORPHOSIS;

LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES FERRUGINEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033612722     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps184231     Document Type: Article

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