Maturation, reproduction and recruitment of the sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Pisces:Atherinidae) in the estuary of Mala Neretva River (southeastern Adriatic, Croatia)

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Bartulović, Vlasta ^a   Glamuzina, Branko ^a   Conides, Alexis ^b   Gavrilović, Ana ^a   Dulčić, Jakov ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atherina boyeri; Mala Neretva River; Maturation; Recruitment; Sand smelt

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; MATURATION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALA NERETVA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 33748125392     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: 00015113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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