Seasonal variations in somatic condition, hepatic and gonad activity of sand smelt Atherina boyeri (Teleostei, Atherinidae) in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Iberian Peninsula)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-161

  Andreu Soler, Asunción ^a   Oliva Paterna, Francisco J ^a   Torralva, Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Condition residual index; Gonadosomatic residual index; Hepatosomatic residual index; Life history

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE HISTORY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33746923449     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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