Growth studies on Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegiens (L.), in different areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages 43-60

  Mytilineou, Chryssi ^a   Castro, Margarida ^b   Gancho, Paula ^b   Fourtouni, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age; Atlantic; Crustacean; Growth; Length frequency analysis; Mediterranean; Nephrops norvegicus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038675686     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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