Spawning of North Sea fishes linked to hydrographic features

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-469

  Munk, Peter ^a   Fox, Clive J ^b   Bolle, Loes J ^c   Van Damme, Cindy J G ^c   Fossum, Petter ^d   Kraus, Gerd ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eggs and larvae; Fish spawning; Hydrographic fronts; North Sea

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NURSERY GROUND; SALINITY; SPAWNING; SURVEY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

MELANOGRAMMUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTES;

EID: 70349895727     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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