Temporal variation in fish egg and larval production by pelagic and bottom spawners in a large Newfoundland coastal embayment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-175

  Snelgrove, Paul V R ^a   Bradbury, Ian R ^a,c   DeYoung, Brad ^b   Fraser, Sandra ^a,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EGG; FISH; FLUSHING; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; PLACENTIA BAY;

COPEPODA;

EID: 39749147580     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-148     Document Type: Article

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