Reproductive biology and recruitment of the deep-sea fish community from the NW Mediterranean continental margin

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-234

  Fernandez Arcaya, U ^a   Rotllant, G ^b   Ramirez Llodra, E ^a   Recasens, L ^a   Aguzzi, J ^a   Flexas, M M ^c,e   Sanchez Vidal, A ^d   Lopez Fernandez P ^d   Garcia J A ^a   Company, J B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ORGANIC PARTICLES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL CHANGES;

BATHYMETRY; FISHERIES;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; FISH; JUVENILE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPAWNING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 84888047325     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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