Age estimation, growth and maturity of the european hake (merluccius merluccius (linnaeus, 1758)) from iberian atlantic waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1086-1102

  Pineiro C ^a   Sainza M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Growth; Iberian Atlantic waters; Length at age; Merluccius merluccius; Reproduction; Southern stock; Von Bertalanffy parameters

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE DETERMINATION; GROWTH; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0141797521     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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