Lipid reserves of red mullet (Mullus barbatus) during pre-spawning in the northwestern Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-277

  Lloret, Josep ^a   Demestre, Montserrat ^b   Sánchez Pardo, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological physiology; Fishing; Maerl beds; Polychaetes; River runoff

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FAT RESERVE; FISH; LIPID; SPAWNING; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34447575784     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n2269     Document Type: Article

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