Use of late ovarian atresia in describing spawning history of sardine, Sardina pilchardus

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-302

  Ganias, K ^a   Nunes, C ^b   Stratoudakis, Y ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Multiple Spawning; Ovarian Atresia; Reference trap; Sardina pilchardus; Spawning Frequency

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BODY SIZE; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPAWNING; SPAWNING POPULATION;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 56349149418     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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