Distribution and abundance of early life stages of Sardina pilchardus in the Gulf of Tunis (Central Mediterranean Sea) in relation to environmental and biological factors

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-309

  Zarrad, Rafik ^a   Missaoui, Hechmi ^b   Alemany, Francisco ^c   Hamza, Asma ^a   Romdhane, Mohamed Salah ^b   García, Alberto ^d   Jarboui, Othman ^a   M'Rabet, Ridha ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eggs; Gulf of tunis; Larvae; Sardina pilchardus; Spatial distribution; Spawning seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTUMN; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; LARVA; NITRATE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; CAPE BON; GULF OF TUNIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NABEUL; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; ZEMBRA ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 48749126184     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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