Benchmarking growth of farmed Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua: A case study in Ireland

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 670-678

  Bolton Warberg, Majbritt ^a   Fitzgerald, Richard D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benchmarking; Gadus morhua; Growth; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; FISH CULTURE; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRELAND;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84859720905     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02872.x     Document Type: Article

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