Importance of discards from the English Nephrops norvegicus fishery in the North Sea to marine scavengers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-226

  Catchpole, T L ^a   Frid, C L J ^b   Gray, T S ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergetic model; Discards; Nephrops norvegicus; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FIELD METHOD; FISHERY; LOBSTER CULTURE; SCAVENGER; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33745607893     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313215     Document Type: Article

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