Size and seasonal effects on the body calorific content of North Sea whiting (Merlangius merlangus L., Gadidae)

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 33-46

  Schwarz, Gesine ^a   Hammer, Cornelius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

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