Long-term changes in size-depth distributions of Urophycis tenuis white hake in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence and Cabot Strait

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1203-1210

  Herder, Erin C ^a   Methven, David A ^a   Hurlbut, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOID; SIZE STRUCTURE; TREND ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CABOT STRAIT; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GADIDAE; PISCES; UROPHYCIS TENUIS;

EID: 26444533507     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012324     Document Type: Article

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