Plaice egg mortality: Can we determine survivorship?

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 213-227

  Dickey Collas, Mark ^a,d   Fox, Clive J ^b   Nash, Richard D M ^c   O'Brien, Carl M ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg production; GAM; Irish Sea; Plaice; Pleuronectes platessa

Indexed keywords

EGG; MORTALITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

IRISH SEA;

PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0242663506     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(03)00082-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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