Environmental influences on the recruitment process inferred from otolith stable isotopes in Merluccius merluccius off the Balearic Islands

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-207

  Hidalgo, Manuel ^a,d   Tomás, Javier ^a   Høie, Hans ^b,c   Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a   Ninnemann, Ulysses S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Feeding behaviour; Merluccius merluccius; Ontogenetic changes; Otoliths; Recruitment; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CABRERA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 76149139448     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00081     Document Type: Article

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