Otolith atlas for the western Mediterranean, north and central eastern Atlantic

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 7-198

  Tuset, Victor M ^a   Lombarte, Antoni ^b   Assis, Carlos A ^c  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Central eastern Atlantic; Morphology; Morphometry; North eastern Atlantic; Otolith; Sagitta; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; OTOLITH; PREDATOR; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

OSTEICHTHYES; SAGITTA; TELEOST FISH;

EID: 58249138355     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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