Age, growth and mortality of a semi-isolated lagoon population of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810) (Pisces: Atherinidae) in an estuarine system of northern Greece

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 382-388

  Koutrakis, Emmanuil T ^a   Kamidis, N I ^a   Leonardos, I D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH; MORTALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINA HEPSETUS; ATHERINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 5444229649     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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