Comparisons of size at maturity and fecundity of two Scottish populations of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus

Fisheries Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 137-152

  Lizarraga Cubedo H A ^a,b   Tuck, I ^a   Bailey, N ^a   Pierce, G J ^a,b   Kinnear, J A M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Homarus gammarus; Morphometrics; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECUNDITY; LOBSTER; MORPHOMETRY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

GAMMARUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 0348161098     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2003.09.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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