Growth and mortality rates of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Adriatic Sea during the transition from larval to juvenile stages

Fisheries Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 275-280

  La Mesa, M ^a   Donato, F ^a   Giannetti, G ^a   Arneri, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Growth; Juvenile anchovy; Metamorphosis; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS;

EID: 59249089694     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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