Batch fecundity of Sardina pilchardus off the Iberian Peninsula

• Main Authors: Pérez-Contreras, María Nélida, Figueiredo, Ivone, Santos, A.M.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Whit; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/8883; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/329256

Batch fecundity, the number of eggs released per spawning event, was determined for the first time in pilchard Sardina pilchardus (Walb.) off the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The mean relative fecundity (number of hydrated oocytes per gram of female weight was 416 (standard deviation = 1...