Patchiness of eggs, larvae and juveniles of European hake Merluccius merluccius from the NW Mediterranean

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 390-401

  Maynou, F ^a   Olivar, M P ^a   Emelianov, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early life histories; European hake; Ichthyoplankton; Negative binomial; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; PATCHINESS; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS;

EID: 33746830020     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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