The importance of individual behaviour for successful settlement of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.): A modelling and field study in the eastern Irish Sea

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-313

  Fox, C J ^a   McCloghrie, P ^a   Young, E F ^a,c   Nash, R D M ^b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Plaice; Settlement; Simulation; Spatial model; Spawning

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FIELD SURVEY; FLATFISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; JUVENILE; LARVA; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 33745206889     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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