Variability in total egg production and implications for management of the southern stock of European hake

Fisheries Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 111-122

  Mehault, Sonia ^a   Domínguez Petit, Rosario ^a   Cerviño, Santiago ^b   Saborido Rey, Fran ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg production; European hake; Fecundity; Reproduction; Spawning

Indexed keywords

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS;

EID: 77953287345     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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