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Titre :	Composition and temporal fluctuations of ichthyoplankton community in the Kornati archipelago and Murter sea, eastern Adriatic (2000)
Auteurs :	J. Dulcic, Auteur ; B. Grbec, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vie et Milieu - Life and Environment (50(3) septembre 2000)
Article en page(s) :	163-170
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Temporal fluctuations of species composition and abundance of fish larvae in the Kornati archipelago and Murter Sea were studied over 12 months from January to December 1990 from seven stations. A total of 2145 larvae, representing 28 families and 52 species, were collected using two types of plankton nets on each station, "Helgoland" and "Bongo". The community was dominated numerically by a few species: Sardina pilchardus (29.2 %), Engraulis encrasicolus (28.7 %), Serranus hepatus (7.5 %), Sarpa salpa (5.2 %), and Cepola rubescens (4.7 %), constituting 75.3 % of the total catch. Similarity between patterns in the abundance of the 11 most common species were examined using correlation matrix-based principal component analysis. Results were compared to the abiotic factors leading conclusion that only a low amount of variation in the abundance field can be explained by temperature and salinity.
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