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Citation: King, P.A. & Fives, J.M. 1990 Littoral and benthic investigations on the west coast of Ireland - XXIII. A contribution to the biology of the thick back sole Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808) in the Galway Bay area. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 90B: 23-31


Number of Pages: 9

Volume Part: 2

Keywords: Benthos, Ecology, Fauna, Fish, Galway, Marine, Mollusca, Pisces, Population, Reproductive biology, Sublittoral

Abstract: This is the twenty-third paper in the 'Littoral and benthic investigations on the west coast of Ireland' series and looks at the biology of the Thick Back Sole Microchirus variegatus in the Galway Bay area. Specifically, the paper examines age and growth, reproduction, and food.