Settlement of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L. in a southern Irish Sea coastal habitat |
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| Authors: | G. Craig,D. Paynter,&dagger ,I. Coscia, S. Mariani,&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Marine Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, P. O. Bag Service 45111, Fredericton, E3B 6E1, Canada |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | colonization estuaries fish migration sea surface temperature Sparus aurata spawning |
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