Age and growth of the forkbeard phycis phycis (Gadidae) from the azorean archipelago, north Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 629-633

  Abecasis, Ana Rita Costa ^a   Canha, Angela ^a   Reis, Dália ^a   Pinho, Mário Rui ^a   Gil Pereira, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age; Forkbeard; Growth; Otoliths; Phycis phycis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARCHIPELAGO; DEMERSAL FISH; GADOID; GROWTH RESPONSE; OTOLITH; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GADIDAE; PHYCIS PHYCIS;

EID: 69749115440     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409002598     Document Type: Article

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