Fecundity, atresia, and spawning strategies of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2130-2141

  van Damme, Cindy J G ^a   Dickey Collas, Mark ^a   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a   Kjesbu, Olav S ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLUPEOID; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; MATURATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 70849130508     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-153     Document Type: Article

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