North Sea spawning grounds of the sole (Solea solea) located from the 1984 Belgian plankton survey
Borremans, C. (1987). North Sea spawning grounds of the sole (Solea solea) located from the 1984 Belgian plankton survey, in: Kullander, S.O. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the V Congress of European Ichthyologists, Stockholm, Sweden 1985. pp. 187-191 In: Kullander, S.O.; Fernholm, B. (Ed.) (1987). Proceedings of the V Congress of European Ichthyologists, Stockholm, Sweden 1985. Swedish Museum of Natural History: Stockholm. ISBN 91-86510-03-7. 472 pp., more |
| Keywords | Spawning grounds
Surveys > Biological surveys > Plankton surveys
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]; ANE, British Isles, England, English Coast [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract | During spring 1984 large ichthyoplankton surveys were performed to determine the spawning period and the spawning places of the sole in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. In March and April most eggs were found close to the Belgian coast and the coast of Brittany, which agrees with results of previous plankton surveys. In the second of the surveys, however, high densities were also found at stations about 50 km from the coast -in the open sea. An attempt is made to explain whether these early eggs were laid in the locality, contrary to what is normally accepted, or drifted there from the Belgian or the English coast. |
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