Variability in oocyte size and batch fecundity in anchoveta (Engraulis ringens, Jenyns 1842) from two spawning areas off the Chilean coast

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Leal, Elson M ^a,b   Castro, Leonardo R ^a   Claramunt, Gabriel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO PESQUERO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

Egg size; Humboldt Current; Inter population variations; Latitudinal variations; Oocyte size; Small pelagic

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; PELAGIC FISH; SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL;

ANCHOVETA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS;

EID: 67649512688     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1059     Document Type: Article

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