The influence of environmental conditions on early life stages of flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the central Baltic Sea

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-84

  Ustups, Didzis ^a,b   Müller Karulis, Bärbel ^a,c   Bergstrom, Ulf ^b   Makarchouk, Andrej ^a   Sics, Ivo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD SAFETY   (Latvia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Eggs; Flounder; Larvae; Reproductive Volume

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLATFISH; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC FISH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPAWNING POPULATION; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 84870340203     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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