Ecology of poor-cod (trisopterus minutus) on the faroe bank

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Magnussen, Eyfinn ^a   Magnussen, Marita D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS   (Faroe Islands)

^b Food and Environmental Agency   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Faroe Bank; Life history traits; Size and age composition; Spatial distribution; Trisopterus minutus

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GADOID; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK;

CRUSTACEA; POLYCHAETA; TRISOPTERUS MINUTUS;

EID: 68149164712     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000802345841     Document Type: Article

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