Abstract
Stratified depth sampling was used to investigate the distributional changes of newly settled plaice Pleuronectes platessa and dabs Limanda limanda, and resident populations of shrimp Crangon crangon on a sandy beach. During the settlement period, the smallest newly settled plaice are found in deeper water than the larger fish that settled earlier. After settlement, plaice concentrate in water
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 233-244 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | MAR ECOL-PROG SER |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- PLAICE PLEURONECTES-PLATESSA
- WINTER FLOUNDER
- SIZE
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS
- Oceanography
- 0-GROUP FLATFISHES
- Ecology
- NORTH-SEA
- FISHES
- SCOTTISH SANDY BEACH
- GROWTH
- WESTERN WADDEN SEA