Characterization of herring populations west of the British Isles: An investigation of mixing based on otolith microchemistry

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1447-1458

  Geffen, Audrey J ^a   Nash, Richard D M ^b   Dickey Collas, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clupea harengus; management; microchemistry; mixing; otoliths; populations

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CLUPEOID; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MARICULTURE; MIXING; NURSERY GROUND; OTOLITH; SIGNAL; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; MINCH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 79959518956     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr051     Document Type: Article

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