Regional variation in maturation of sandeels in the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 369-376

  Boulcott, Philip ^a   Wright, Peter J ^a   Gibb, Fiona M ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^b   Gibb, Iain M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Fecundity; Maturation; Reproduction; Sandeel; Stock management

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; MATURATION; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS;

EID: 34447536225     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl033     Document Type: Article

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