Link between environmental anomalies, growth and condition of pilchard Sardina pilchardus larvae in the northwestern Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 307, Issue , 2006, Pages 219-231

  Catalán, Ignacio A ^a   Olivar, M Pilar ^a   Palomera, Isabel ^a   Berdalet, Elisa ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Condition; Environment; Growth; Larvae; Northwestern Mediterranean; Sardina pilchardus

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 33644509573     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps307219     Document Type: Article

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