When to count your eggs: Is fecundity in Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides W.) down-regulated?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Kennedy, J ^a   Gundersen, A C ^a   Boje, J ^b  

^a Moreforsking   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Down regulation; East Greenland; Fecundity; Greenland halibut; Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Indexed keywords

REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

EID: 70349547131     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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