Ecological understanding for fishery management: Condition and growth of anchovy late larvae during different seasons in the Northwestern Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Costalago, D ^a   Tecchio, S ^a   Palomera, I ^a   Alvarez Calleja I ^a   Ospina Alvarez A ^a   Raicevich, S ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Condition; Engraulis encrasicolus; Growth; Late larvae; Northwestern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; ESTIMATION METHOD; FATTY ACID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METAMORPHOSIS; OTOLITH; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; SURVEY; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS;

EID: 79960273484     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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