Mercado JM, Cortés D, Ramírez T, Gomez F (2012) Decadal weakening of the wind-induced
upwelling reduces the impact of nutrient pollution in the Bay of Malaga (western Mediterranean
Sea). Hydrobiol 680:91–107
Mercado JM, Ramírez T, Cortés D et al (2005) Temporal changes of the phytoplankton communities in an upwelling area of the Alboran Sea. Sci Mar 69(4):451–465
Mercado JM, Ramírez T, Cortés D et al (2008) Partitioning the effects of changes in nitrate
availability and phytoplankton community structure on the relative nitrate uptake in the Northwest Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 359:51–68
Mercado JM, Sala I, Salles S, Cortés D et al (2014) Effects of community composition and size
structure on light absorption and nutrient uptake of phytoplankton in contrasting areas of the
Alboran Sea. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 499:47–64
Mercado JM, Salles S, Cortés D (2011) Marine diatom communities: taxonomic variability,
physiological plasticity and role in the carbon cycling at coastal upwelling areas. In: Compton
JC (ed) Diatoms: Classification, Ecology and Life Cycle. Nova Publishers, NY, USA
Moksness E, Wespestad V (1989) Ageing and back-calculated growth rates of Pacific herring,
Clupeapallasi, larvae by reading daily otolith increments. Fish Bull US 87:509–530
Nava E, Villar I, Clemente MC et al (2018) Digital Imaging Tool to Enhance Otolith Microstructure
for Estimating Age in Days in Juvenile and Adult Fish. IEEE J Oceanic Engin 43(1):48–55
Navarro G, Macías D, Bruno M, Ruíz J (2011) Understanding the patterns of biological response to
physical forcing in the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean). Geophys Res Lett 38(23):L23606.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049708
Oliver M (1955) La ponte de la sardine (Sardina pilchardus) dans le Detroit de Gibraltar, la mer de
Alboran, les eaux du levant espagnole et des iles Baleares. CGPM, Debat et documents tech
3:103–130
Oliver M (1961) Nouveaux reseignements sur la presence d’oeufs et larves de sardine, (Sardina
pilchardus), dans le Mediterranee occidentale. Rapp. Proces-Verbaux Reunions CIESMXVI,
Fasc (1):363–365
Palomera I, Lleonart J (1989) Field mortality estimates of anchovy larvae, Engraulis encrasicolus, in
the western Mediterranean. J Fish Biol 35(A):133–113. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.
tb03054.x
Palomera I, Olivar MP, Salat J et al (2007) Small pelagic fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea: An
ecological review. Prog Oceanogr 74:377–396
Patti B, Guisande C, Bonnano A et al (2010) Role of physical forcings and nutrient availability on
the control of satellite-based chlorophyll a concentration in the coastal upwelling area of the
Sicilian Channel. Sci Mar 74(3):577–588
Pepin P, Robert D, Bouchard C et al (2015) Once upon a larva: Revisiting the relationship between
feeding success and growth in fish larvae. ICES J Mar Sci 72(2):359–373
Poulet SA, Laabir M, Ianora A, Miralto A (1995) Reproductive response of Calanus
helgolandicus. I. Abnormal embryonic and naupliar development. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
129:85–95
Purcell JE (1985) Predation on fish eggs and larvae by pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores. Bull Mar
Sci 37(2):739–755
Purcell JE, Grover J (1990) Predation and food limitation as causes of mortality in larval herring at a
spawning ground in British Columbia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 9:55–61
Quintanilla JM (2016) Análisis del crecimiento larvario en anchoa (Engraulis encrasicolus) y
sardina (Sardina pilchardus) del Mediterráneo occidental PhD Thesis, Univ Complutense
Madrid
Quintanilla JM, Laíz-Carrión R, Uriarte A, García A (2015) Influence of trophic pathways on daily
growth patterns of Western Mediterranean anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) larvae. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 531:263–275. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11312
Quintanilla JM, Laiz-Carrión R, García A, Quintanilla LF, Cortés D, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Yebra L,
Salles S, Putzeys S., León P, Mercado JM (2020) Early life trophodynamic influence on daily
growth patterns of the Alboran Sea sardine (Sardina pilchardus) from two distinct nursey
13 Evolving from Fry Fisheries to Early Life Research on Pelagic Fish Resources
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upwelling reduces the impact of nutrient pollution in the Bay of Malaga (western Mediterranean
Sea). Hydrobiol 680:91–107
Mercado JM, Ramírez T, Cortés D et al (2005) Temporal changes of the phytoplankton communities in an upwelling area of the Alboran Sea. Sci Mar 69(4):451–465
Mercado JM, Ramírez T, Cortés D et al (2008) Partitioning the effects of changes in nitrate
availability and phytoplankton community structure on the relative nitrate uptake in the Northwest Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 359:51–68
Mercado JM, Sala I, Salles S, Cortés D et al (2014) Effects of community composition and size
structure on light absorption and nutrient uptake of phytoplankton in contrasting areas of the
Alboran Sea. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 499:47–64
Mercado JM, Salles S, Cortés D (2011) Marine diatom communities: taxonomic variability,
physiological plasticity and role in the carbon cycling at coastal upwelling areas. In: Compton
JC (ed) Diatoms: Classification, Ecology and Life Cycle. Nova Publishers, NY, USA
Moksness E, Wespestad V (1989) Ageing and back-calculated growth rates of Pacific herring,
Clupeapallasi, larvae by reading daily otolith increments. Fish Bull US 87:509–530
Nava E, Villar I, Clemente MC et al (2018) Digital Imaging Tool to Enhance Otolith Microstructure
for Estimating Age in Days in Juvenile and Adult Fish. IEEE J Oceanic Engin 43(1):48–55
Navarro G, Macías D, Bruno M, Ruíz J (2011) Understanding the patterns of biological response to
physical forcing in the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean). Geophys Res Lett 38(23):L23606.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049708
Oliver M (1955) La ponte de la sardine (Sardina pilchardus) dans le Detroit de Gibraltar, la mer de
Alboran, les eaux du levant espagnole et des iles Baleares. CGPM, Debat et documents tech
3:103–130
Oliver M (1961) Nouveaux reseignements sur la presence d’oeufs et larves de sardine, (Sardina
pilchardus), dans le Mediterranee occidentale. Rapp. Proces-Verbaux Reunions CIESMXVI,
Fasc (1):363–365
Palomera I, Lleonart J (1989) Field mortality estimates of anchovy larvae, Engraulis encrasicolus, in
the western Mediterranean. J Fish Biol 35(A):133–113. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.
tb03054.x
Palomera I, Olivar MP, Salat J et al (2007) Small pelagic fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea: An
ecological review. Prog Oceanogr 74:377–396
Patti B, Guisande C, Bonnano A et al (2010) Role of physical forcings and nutrient availability on
the control of satellite-based chlorophyll a concentration in the coastal upwelling area of the
Sicilian Channel. Sci Mar 74(3):577–588
Pepin P, Robert D, Bouchard C et al (2015) Once upon a larva: Revisiting the relationship between
feeding success and growth in fish larvae. ICES J Mar Sci 72(2):359–373
Poulet SA, Laabir M, Ianora A, Miralto A (1995) Reproductive response of Calanus
helgolandicus. I. Abnormal embryonic and naupliar development. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
129:85–95
Purcell JE (1985) Predation on fish eggs and larvae by pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores. Bull Mar
Sci 37(2):739–755
Purcell JE, Grover J (1990) Predation and food limitation as causes of mortality in larval herring at a
spawning ground in British Columbia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 9:55–61
Quintanilla JM (2016) Análisis del crecimiento larvario en anchoa (Engraulis encrasicolus) y
sardina (Sardina pilchardus) del Mediterráneo occidental PhD Thesis, Univ Complutense
Madrid
Quintanilla JM, Laíz-Carrión R, Uriarte A, García A (2015) Influence of trophic pathways on daily
growth patterns of Western Mediterranean anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) larvae. Mar Ecol
Prog Ser 531:263–275. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11312
Quintanilla JM, Laiz-Carrión R, García A, Quintanilla LF, Cortés D, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Yebra L,
Salles S, Putzeys S., León P, Mercado JM (2020) Early life trophodynamic influence on daily
growth patterns of the Alboran Sea sardine (Sardina pilchardus) from two distinct nursey
13 Evolving from Fry Fisheries to Early Life Research on Pelagic Fish Resources
517