Characteristics of survivors: Growth and nutritional condition of early stages of the hake species Merluccius paradoxus and M. capensis in the southern Benguela ecosystem

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-562

  Grote, Britta ^a,b   Ekau, Werner ^a   Stenevik, Erling K ^c   Clemmesen, Catriona ^d   Verheye, Hans M ^e,f   Lipinski, Marek R ^e   Hagen, Wilhelm ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e Department of Environmental Affairs ^*  (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benguela current; Cape hake; growth; nutritional condition; otolith; RNA:DNA ratio; survival strategy

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SURVIVAL; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

MERLUCCIUS CAPENSIS; MERLUCCIUS PARADOXUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 84859832842     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss020     Document Type: Article

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