Recruitment and post-settlement growth of juvenile Merluccius merluccius on the western Mediterranean shelf

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-409

  Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a   Moranta, Joan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily growth increments; Growth; Habitat; Juvenile fish; Merluccius merluccius; Otoliths; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

DEMERSAL FISH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MERLUCCIUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 7444263978     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n3399     Document Type: Article

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