Geographic variability of sardine growth across the northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 56-69

  Silva, A ^a   Carrera, P ^b   Masse J ^c   Uriarte, A ^d   Santos, M B ^e   Oliveira, P B ^a   Soares, E ^a   Porteiro, C ^e   Stratoudakis, Y ^a  

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

^b Museo do Mar de Galicia   (Spain)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^e Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth; Iberian Biscay region; Sardina pilchardus; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 40749140400     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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