Testing an otolith geochemistry approach to determine population structure and movements of European hake in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

Fisheries Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2012, Pages 198-205

  Tanner, Susanne E ^a   Vasconcelos, Rita P ^a   Cabral, Henrique N ^a   Thorrold, Simon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Merluccius merluccius; Movement; Otolith; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 84858977358     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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