Effects of egg size, food supply and spawning time on early life history success of haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 285, Issue , 2005, Pages 169-180

  Rideout, R M ^a,b,c   Trippel, E A ^a   Litvak, M K ^b  

^a ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c a specialized research centre of the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early life history success; Egg size; Haddock; Larvae; Prey density; Recruitment; Spawning time

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE HISTORY; SPAWNING; SURVIVORSHIP;

MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 13944252116     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps285169     Document Type: Article

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