Onset of maturity and cohort composition at spawning of Baltic sprat Sprattus sprattus on the basis of otolith macrostructure analysis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1091-1106

  Reglero, P ^a,b   Mosegaard, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baltic; Cohort composition; Maturity; Otolith; Sprat

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FISHERY; JUVENILE; OTOLITH; SPAWNING; TRAJECTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 33645891992     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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