Otolith shape analysis: Its application for discriminating between stocks of Irish Sea and Celtic Sea herring (Clupea harengus) in the Irish Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1670-1675

  Burke, Nóirín ^a   Brophy, Deirdre ^a   King, Pauline A ^a  

^a Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; Clupea harengus; Otolith shape analysis; Stock discrimination

Indexed keywords

FISH; JUVENILE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 57349198704     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn177     Document Type: Article

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