Length-girth relationships for 30 marine fish species

Fisheries Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 368-373

  Santos, M N ^a   Canas, A ^a   Lino, P G ^a   Monteiro, C C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Length girth relationships; Marine fish species; Mesh size; Southern Portugal

Indexed keywords

FISH; JUVENILE; MESH SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646422470     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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