Small pelagic fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea: An ecological review

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 377-396

  Palomera, I ^a   Olivar, M P ^a   Salat, J ^a   Sabates A ^a   Coll, M ^a   Garcia A ^b   Morales Nin, B ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ecology; Modeling; NW Mediterranean; Recruitment; Review; Small pelagic fish; Spawning habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHERIES; GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NW MEDITERRANEAN; RECRUITMENTS; SMALL PELAGIC FISH; SPAWNING HABITATS;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; CLUPEOID; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHEAST);

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SARDINELLA AURITA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 34547522281     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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