Relationships between opercula girth, maximum girth and total length of fish species caught in gillnet and trammel net selectivity surveys off the Portuguese coast

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-213

  Mendes, Beatriz ^a   Fonseca, P ^a   Campos, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; FISH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PISCES; SOLEIDAE; SPARIDAE; TRIGLIDAE;

EID: 33744494082     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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