Small-scale variability in growth and condition of dab Limanda limanda (L.) larvae in relation to an Irish Sea tidal-mixing front off the west coast of the Isle of Man

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1056-1068

  Lee, O ^a   Danilowicz, B S ^a,c   Nash, R D M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dab; Fisheries oceanography; Larvae; Limanda limanda; Otoliths; RNA:DNA

Indexed keywords

LIMANDA LIMANDA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 35248878007     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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