Copepod production drives recruitment in a marine fish

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1528-1531

  Castonguay, Martin ^a   Plourde, Stéphane ^a   Robert, Dominique ^b   Runge, Jeffrey A ^c   Fortier, Louis ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGIONAL CLIMATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 48949107262     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-126     Document Type: Article

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