Wondering about wandering whiting: Distribution of North Sea whiting between the 1920s and 2000s

Fisheries Research

Volumn 145, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-65

  Kerby, Tina K ^a,b   Cheung, William W L ^c   Van Oosterhout, Cock ^a   Engelhard, Georg H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Distribution; Fishing; North Sea; Whiting

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 84877122287     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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