Analysis of variables associated with the ichthyophonus hoferi epizootics in Norwegian spring spawning herring, 1992-2008

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1862-1873

  Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a,c   Holst, Jens Christian ^b   Skagen, Dankert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CLUPEOID; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEEDING GROUND; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MIGRATION ROUTE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; TRAWL NET;

NORWAY;

CLUPEIDAE; ICHTHYOPHONUS HOFERI; ICHTHYOSPOREA;

EID: 78149395415     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-102     Document Type: Article

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