Linking sardine spawning dynamics to environmental variability

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-408

  Ganias, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

batch fecundity; Mediterranean; sardine; spawning dynamics; spawning frequency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUPEOID; ENERGY FLOW; FECUNDITY; FILTER FEEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 68949141651     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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