Distribution and Peculiarities of Allometric Growth of Larval Illex in the Northwest Atlantic
The Illex larvae inhabit the epipelagial of the shelf waters, the continental slope and the Gulf Stream where the temperature and salinity range from 11.2 to 20.10°C and from 34.50 to 36.56%, respectively. The largest recorded aggregations were in the continental slope area of the Mid Atlantic Bight...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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NAFO
1984
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33878/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33878/1/585.pdf |
| Summary: | The Illex larvae inhabit the epipelagial of the shelf waters, the continental slope and the Gulf Stream where the temperature and salinity range from 11.2 to 20.10°C and from 34.50 to 36.56%, respectively. The largest recorded aggregations were in the continental slope area of the Mid Atlantic Bight (MAB) between 35° and 38°N, and in the northern periphery of the Gulf Stream to 65°w. Illex illecebrosus spawn in the pelagial of the continentalslope between. the Florida Peninsula and 40°N. The spawning periodextends from September to May, with December-February as peak spawning months. Egg masses found in the spawning ground have a positive bouyancy. |
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