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Settlement of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L. in a southern Irish Sea coastal habitat
Author(s) -
Craig G.,
Paynter D.,
Coscia I.,
Mariani S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01644.x
Subject(s) - spawn (biology) , biology , brackish water , fishery , estuary , juvenile , sparidae , habitat , period (music) , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , salinity , physics , acoustics
For the first time, early juvenile stages of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata were consistently collected in a brackish estuarine area in the southern Irish Sea over a period of 4 months. This finding, in connection with other recent evidence, raises the possibility that S. aurata may currently spawn, or at least successfully settle, in more northern locations than previously known.