Latitudinal trends in habitat quality of shallow-water flatfish nurseries

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 471, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-214

  Freitas, Vânia ^a,b   Kooijman, Sebastiaan A L M ^c   Van Der Veer, Henk W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic energy budget; Flounder; Food limitation; Growth potential; Latitude; Plaice; Sole; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COEXISTENCE; ENERGY BUDGET; FLATFISH FISHERY; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SHALLOW WATER;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 84871803076     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10025     Document Type: Article

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