Age, growth, mortality, reproduction, and feeding habits of the striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Pisces: Sparidae), in the coastal waters of the Thracian Sea, Greece

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-404

  Kallianiotis, Argyris ^a   Torre, Michele ^a   Argyri, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Feeding; Growth; Lithognathus mormyrus; Mortality; Northeastern Mediterranean; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FISH; ONTOGENY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; THRACIAN SEA; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; LITHOGNATHUS MORMYRUS; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SPARIDAE; THRACIA;

EID: 25844513078     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69n3391     Document Type: Article

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