The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the growth of sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in the Baltic Sea

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 273-281

  Cardinale, Massimiliano ^a   Casini, Michèle ^a   Arrhenius, Fredrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Baltic Sea; Clupeids; Condition factor; Density dependent growth

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLUPEOID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0036870739     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(02)01188-9     Document Type: Article

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