The importance of life stage to population connectivity in whiting (Merlangius merlangus) from the northern European shelf

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1063-1073

  Tobin, D ^a   Wright, P J ^a   Gibb, F M ^a   Gibb, I M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; GADOID; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PISCIVORE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 77952426972     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1387-7     Document Type: Article

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