The ecology and conservation of European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus L.) from Waterford Estuary, in southeastern Ireland

Biology and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Doherty, D ^a   McCarthy, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISAKINAE; CALIGUS; CALIGUS EPERLANUS; CESTODA; CRANGON; CRANGON ALLMANI; CRUSTACEA; DIPLOSTOMUM; DIPLOSTOMUM GASTEROSTEI; DIPLOSTOMUM SPATHACEUM; HYPERIA; HYPERIA GALBA; HYSTERTHYLACIUM ADUNCUM; MERLANGUS MERLANGUS; METAZOA; MYSIDA; NEMATODA; OSMERUS; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PRAUNUS; PRAUNUS NEGLECTUS; PROTEOCEPHALUS; PROTEOCEPHALUS LONGICOLLIS; SPATHACEUM; SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6344256751     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2004.104.2.125     Document Type: Article

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