Reproductive biology of the sand smelt Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829 (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the central-east Atlantic

Fisheries Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Moreno, Teresa ^a,c   Castro, José Juan ^a   Socorro, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^c Inst P FP Maritimo Pesquero C   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherina presbyter; Canary Islands; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

PELAGIC FISH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ATHERINA HEPSETUS; ATHERINA PRESBYTER; ATHERINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 14644421599     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2004.06.016     Document Type: Article

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