Seasonal dynamics in Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae) catches off the Catalan coasts (Western Mediterranean)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-300

  Aguzzi, Jacopo ^a,c   Sardà, Francesc ^a   Allué, Rosario ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Direccio Gen Pesca I Afers Maritims

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Form estimate analysis; Light intensity; Nephrops norvegicus; Periodogram analysis; Seasonal variations; Sex ratio; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CATCH STATISTICS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOBSTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TRAWLING;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

NEPHROPIDAE; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 4544265308     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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