Fecundity and maturity of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889) on the Porcupine Bank, Northeast Atlantic

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-50

  Minto, C ^a,b   Nolan, C P ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Irish Sea Fisheries Board ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Comparative deepwater productivity; Digital oocyte counting; Life history; Trachichthyidae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FECUNDITY; FISH; FISHING VESSEL; MATURATION; MICROSCOPY; SAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE BANK;

HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 33747125504     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9053-0     Document Type: Article

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