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Settlement of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L. in a southern Irish Sea coastal habitat
Article first published online: 24 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01644.x
2008 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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Craig, G., Paynter, D., Coscia, I. and Mariani, S. (2008), Settlement of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L. in a southern Irish Sea coastal habitat. Journal of Fish Biology, 72: 287–291. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01644.x
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- Issue published online: 24 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 24 JAN 2008
- (Received 24 April 2007, Accepted 2 July 2007)
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Keywords:
- colonization;
- estuaries;
- fish migration;
- sea surface temperature;
- Sparus aurata;
- spawning
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.