Scale analysis suggests frequent skipping of the second reproductive season in Atlantic herring

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-175

  Engelhard, Georg H ^a,b   Heino, Mikko ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clupea harengus; Current and future reproduction; Fishery management; Life history trade off; Migration cost; Survival

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HERRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; PISCES;

EID: 25444520296     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0290     Document Type: Article

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