Growth, reproduction and recruitment patterns of the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas Delaroche (Pisces: Bothidae), from the Azores

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 403-411

  Morato, T ^a   Afonso, P ^a   Carvalho, N ^a   Lourinho, P ^a   Santos, R S ^a   Krug, H M ^a   Nash, R D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bothus podas; Growth; Insular populations; Maturity; Sex ratio; Spawning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLATFISH; GROWTH; MATURATION; NURSERY GROUND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SHALLOW WATER; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAIAL; MACARONESIA; PORTO PIM BAY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOTHIDAE; BOTHUS PODAS; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 37249093073     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000701712331     Document Type: Article

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