Reproductive biology and recruitment of the white sea bream in the Azores

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-72

  Morato, T ^a   Afonso, P ^a   Lourinho, P ^a   Nash, R D M ^b   Santos, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diplodus sargus; Insular populations; Maturity; Settlement; Sex ratio; Spawning

Indexed keywords

MATURATION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; SARGUS;

EID: 2342577484     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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