A preliminary study on the effect of lunar cycles on the spawning behaviour of the gilt-head sea bream, Sparus aurata

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 899-901

  Saavedra, Margarida ^a   Pousão Ferreira, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; LUNAR CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; SPARIDAE; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 33745148626     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013841     Document Type: Article

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