Application of Morphometric Analysis to Identify Alewife Stock Structure in the Gulf of Maine

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-20

  Cronin Fine, Lee ^a   Stockwell, Jason D ^b   Whitener, Zachary T ^c   Labbe, Ellen M ^d   Willis, Theodore V ^d   Wilson, Karen A ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 84891532384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2012.741558     Document Type: Article

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