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dc.contributor.authorBonanno, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorZgozi, Salem
dc.contributor.authorCuttitta, Angela
dc.contributor.authorEl Turki, Akram
dc.contributor.authorNieri, A. di
dc.contributor.authorGhmati, Hisham
dc.contributor.authorBasilone, Gualtiero
dc.contributor.authorAronica, Salvatore
dc.contributor.authorHamza, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorBarra, Marco
dc.contributor.authorGenovese, Simona
dc.contributor.authorKnittweis, Leyla
dc.contributor.authorFalco, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorMifsud, Roberta
dc.contributor.authorPatti, Bernardo
dc.contributor.authorBahri, Tarub
dc.contributor.authorGiacalone, Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorFontana, Ignazio
dc.contributor.authorTranchida, Giorgio
dc.contributor.authorMazzola, Salvatore
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-16T13:58:03Z
dc.date.available2018-01-16T13:58:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationBonanno, A., Zgozi, S., Cuttitta, A., El Turki, A., Di Nieri, A., Ghmati, H.,… Mazzola, S. (2013). Influence of environmental variability on anchovy early life stages (Engraulis encrasicolus) in two different areas of the Central Mediterranean Sea. Hydrobiologia, 701(1), 273-287.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25846
dc.description.abstractThe survival of early stages of small pelagic fish species (e.g. Engraulis encrasicolus) is highly dependent on environmental conditions in both spawning and nursery areas. Knowing the relationship between the mortality rates of the early stages and the environment may help to study and model recruitment fluctuations. During the summer of 2006, two consecutive oceanographic cruises were carried out in the Central Mediterranean sea (CMED) in two different areas: the western Libyan waters and the Sicilian–Maltese waters. For the first time a nearly synoptic comparison between the two border areas of the CMED is performed. In spite of a higher overall egg density in the Sicilian–Maltese waters, there was a higher density of anchovy larvae in Libyan waters. The comparison between the oceanographic datasets singled out different circulation patterns and different characteristics of water masses, which helped to explain the differences in density of the spawning products in the two areas. A Lagrangian transport model was used to evaluate the effects of major oceanographic features on offshore egg and larval transport. The results of the model simulations and the nutritional conditions, as indicated by lipid, carbohydrate and protein contents, support the hypothesis that the western Libyan waters may represent a more favourable nursery ground compared to the Sicilian–Maltese waters in terms of environmental conditions and food availability.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectLarvae -- Physiologyen_GB
dc.subjectAnchovies -- Habitat -- Central Mediterraneanen_GB
dc.titleInfluence of environmental variability on anchovy early life stages (Engraulis encrasicolus) in two different areas of the Central Mediterranean Seaen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10750-012-1285-8
dc.publication.titleHydrobiologiaen_GB
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