Stock identification of horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) through the analysis of body shape

Fisheries Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-158

  Murta, Alberto G ^a   Pinto, Ana Luísa ^b   Abaunza, Pablo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Horse mackerel; Mediterranean; Morphometrics; Stock identification; Trachurus trachurus

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

EID: 38749113881     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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