Age, growth, mortality and sex ratio of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the estuary of the Mala Neretva River (middle-eastern Adriatic, Croatia)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-430

  Bartulovic V ^a   Glamuzina, B ^a   Conides, A ^b   Dulcic J ^c   Lucic D ^c   Njire, J ^c   Kozul V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; GROWTH; MORPHOMETRY; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALA NERETVA ESTUARY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

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

EID: 5444266561     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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