Larvae retention and growth of the sardine in the Tagus estuary, Portugal (1991-93)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Institute of Fisheries Research Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas Former IPIMAR |
| Country | Portugal  |
| Time period | From January 1991 to December 1993 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Tagus estuary and adjacent coastal area |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Fish abundance in water bodies; Fish taxonomy-related counts; Fish disease and parasites; Zooplankton growth rates; Zooplankton reproduction rate parameters; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Zooplankton and zoobenthos development stage parameters |
| Instruments | Plankton nets; pelagic trawl nets; salinity sensor |
| Description | |
| Summary | The study comprised the following parts: 1) testing of the hypotheses of 'larval retention areas' and study of sardine growth in larval and juvenile pre-recruitment phases; 2) study of the mortality in those phases; 3) characterisation of oceanographic conditions of the studied area and adjacent coastal areas, namely those referring to circulation in the upper layers. |
| Originators | National Institute of Fisheries Research Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas Former IPIMAR |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Institute of Fisheries Research Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas Former IPIMAR |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Marcelo Vasconcelos (President) |
| Address | National Institute of Fisheries Research Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas Former IPIMAR |
| Telephone | +351 213010814 |
| Facsimile | +351 213015948 |
| dina@ipimar.pt | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Hydrographic Institute |
| Local identifier | 15040022 |
| Global identifier | 2340 |
| Last revised | 2009-10-29 |
