Sub-cohort dynamics of 0-group plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L., in the Northern Irish Sea: Settlement, growth and mortality

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 108-119

  Geffen, Audrey J ^a   Nash, Richard D M ^a,c   Dau, Kirsten ^a,b,d   Harwood, Andrew J P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d BioConsult Schuchardt and Scholle GbR   (Germany)

^e ECON Ecological Consultancy Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flatfish; Growth; Metamorphosis; Nursery grounds; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EGG PRODUCTION; FLATFISH; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; ISLE OF MAN; PORT ERIN BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 79955100896     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.030     Document Type: Review

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