Deep-sea pelagic nekton biomass estimates in the North Atlantic: Horizontal and vertical resolution of revised data from 1982 and 1983

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2010, Pages 85-101

  Fock, H O ^a   Ehrich, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

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EID: 84857280189     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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