Age, growth and reproduction of the sand smelt Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 in the Gomishan wetland - southeast Caspian Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-462

  Patimar, Rahman ^a   Yousefi, Morteza ^b   Hosieni, Seyyed Morteza ^a  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

age; Atherina boyeri; Caspian Sea; Gomishan wetland; growth; reproduction; spawning

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREEDING SEASON; FECUNDITY; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; WETLAND;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

ATHERINA; ATHERINA BOYERI;

EID: 58849102945     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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