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Identification of eggs of hake, Merluccius merluccius

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

S.H. Coombs
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH

Abstract

A practical method for separating eggs of hake, Merluccius merluccius (Pisces: Merlucciidae), from samples of mixed plankton is described.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1994

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