Growth and condition of juvenile sole (Solea solea L.) as indicators of habitat quality in coastal and estuarine nurseries in the Bay of Biscay with a focus on sites exposed to the Erika oil spill

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 183-192

  Gilliers, Camille ^a   Le Pape, Olivier ^b   Désaunay, Yves ^b   Bergeron, Jean Pierre ^c   Schreiber, Nathalie ^c   Guerault, Daniel ^c   Amara, Rachid ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Departement Halieutique   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Erika oil spill; Essential fish habitat; Otolith daily increment width; RNA DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DNA; FISH; GROWTH; HABITAT QUALITY; OIL SPILL; OTOLITH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 33746895876     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s1183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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