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The Biology of the Bass, Dicentrarchus Labrax, in Irish Waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Michael Kennedy
Affiliation:
Inland Fisheries Trust, Dublin
Patrick Fitzmaurice
Affiliation:
Inland Fisheries Trust, Dublin

Extract

The biology of the bass in British and Irish waters has not been studied in the same detail as the biology of commercially important species, such as gadoids, flatfishes, mackerel and herring.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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