Ontogenetic variation in habitat associations for four flatfish species in the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank region

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1669-1688

  Methratta, E T ^a,b   Link, J S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Fisheries; Life history; North west Atlantic; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; LIMANDA FERRUGINEA; PARALICHTHYS OBLONGUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 34347376559     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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