Population characteristics of the world's northernmost stocks of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) in Tysfjord and Nordfolda, northern Norway

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Agnalt, Ann Lisbeth ^a   Farestveit, Eva ^a   Gundersen, Kaare ^a   Jørstad, Knut E ^a   Kristiansen, Tore S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

CPUE; Density; Growth; Maturation; Midnight sun lobster; Morphometrics; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FJORD; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LOBSTER; MATURATION; MOLT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORDFJORDEN; NORDLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE; TYSFJORDEN;

GAMMARUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 67650844687     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330909509981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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