Differentiation of commercially important flatfish populations along the Portuguese coast: Evidence from morphology and parasitology

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 293-305

  Marques, Joana F ^a   Teixeira, Célia M ^a,b   Cabral, Henrique N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Morphology; Parasites; Population structure; Portuguese coast

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA SET; DIFFERENTIATION; FISHING VESSEL; FLATFISH; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CITHARUS LINGUATULA; LEPIDORHOMBUS BOSCII; MICROCHIRUS AZEVIA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA LASCARIS; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 33749137959     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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