Population biology of the deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis) in Balsfjord, northern Norway: I. Abundance, mortality, and growth, 1979-1983

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Hopkins, C. C. E., Nilssen, E. M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1990
• Subjects: Articles; Barents Sea; Norway; Balsfjord; Northern Norway; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/47/2/148; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/47.2.148

The population density, age composition, and ovigerous stock of Pandalus borealis (Krøyer) were studied in Balsfjord (ca. 70°N) at about monthly intervals between September 1979 and December 1983. Females generally spawned in September— October, and eggs hatched in the first half of April when mater...