Summer distribution of fish larvae in northern Aegean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1137-1146

  Tsikliras, Athanassios C ^a   Koutrakis, Emmanuil T ^b   Sylaios, Georgios K ^c   Kallianiotis, Argyris A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fish; Larval distribution; Northern Aegean Sea; Summer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUPEOID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIUS SP.; SARDINELLA AURITA; SERRANUS HEPATUS;

EID: 74149093110     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000356     Document Type: Article

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