Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) recruitment fluctuations in relation to copepod production and juvenile growth

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 646-656

  Ringuette, Marc ^a   Castonguay, Martin ^a   Runge, Jeffrey A ^a   Grégoire, François ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIET; JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA; SCOMBER; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 0036384574     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-039     Document Type: Article

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