Ephemeral spawning aggregations in the Mediterranean sardine, Sardina pilchardus: A comparison with other multiple-spawning clupeoids

Marine Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Ganias, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; HISTOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; SPAWNING POPULATION;

AEGEAN SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIDAE; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 49749086877     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1027-7     Document Type: Article

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