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Ramírez T, Cortés D, García A (2001) Growth of North Alboran Sea sardine larvae estimated by
otolith microstructure, nucleic acids and protein content. J Fish Biol 59(2):403–415
Ramírez T, Cortés D, García A, Carpena A (2004) Seasonal variations of RNA/DNA ratios and
growth rates of the Alboran Sea sardine larvae (Sardina pilchardus). Fish Res 68(1–3):57–65
Ramírez T, Cortés D, Mercado JM et al (2005) Seasonal dynamics of inorganic nutrients and
phytoplankton biomass in the NW Alboran Sea. Estuar Coast Shelf S 65(4):654–670. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2005.07.012
Rasoanarivo R, Folack J, Champalbert G, Becker B (1991) Relation between phytoplankton
communities and feeding-behavior of Sardina pilchardus Walb. In the Gulf of Fos (Western
Mediterranean). Effect of light on feeding behavior of larvae. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 151(1):83–92
Reina-Hervás JA, Serrano P (1987) Structural and seasonal variations of inshore fish populations in
Málaga Bay, Southeastern Spain. Mar Biol 95:501–508
Reul A, Rodríguez V, Jiménez-Gómez F et al (2005) Variability in the spatio-temporal distribution
and size-structure of phytoplankton across an upwelling area in the NW-Alboran Sea
(W-Mediterranean). Cont Shelf Res 25(5–6):589–608
Ríos AF, Fraga F, Pérez FF, Figueiras FG (1998) Chemical composition of phytoplankton and
Particulate Organic Matter in the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain). Sci Mar 62(3):257–271
Riveiro I, Guisande C, Franco C et al (2003) Egg and larval amino acid composition as indicators of
niche resource partitioning in pelagic fish species. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 260:252–262
Rodríguez JM (1990) Contribución al conocimiento del ictioplancton del mar de Alboran. Bol Inst
Esp Oceanogr 6:1–20
Rodríguez J, Blanco JM, Jiménez-Gómez F et al (1998) Patterns in the size structure of the
phytoplankton community in the deep fluorescence maximum of the Alboran Sea (southwestern
Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Res II 45:1577–1593
Rodríguez J, García A, Rodríguez V (1982) Zooplanktonic Communities of the Divergence Zone in
the Northwestern Alboran Sea. Mar Ecol 3(2):133–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.
1982.tb00378
Rodríguez Santamaría B (1923) Diccionario de artes de pesca de España y sus posesiones. Ed. Suc.
de Rivadeneyra, Madrid
Rubín JP, Cano N, Prieto L et al (1999) La estructura del ecosistema pelágico en relación con las
condiciones oceanográficas y topográficas en el golfo de Cádiz, estrecho de Gibraltar y mar de
Alboran (sector noroeste), en julio de 1995. Inf Téc Inst Esp Oceanogr 175:1–73
Ruíz J, Echevarria F, Font J, Ruíz S et al (2001) Surface distribution of chlorophyll, particles and
gelbstoff in the Atlantic jet of the Alboran Sea: from submesoscale to subinertial scales of
variability. J Marine Syst 29:277–292
Ruíz J, Macías D, Rincon MM et al (2013) Recruiting at the Edge: Kinetic Energy Inhibits Anchovy
Populations in the Western Mediterranean. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journalpone.
0055523
Sabates A, Gili JM, Pages F (1989) Relationship between zooplankton distribution, geographic
characteristics and hydrographic patterns off the Catalán coast (Western Mediterranean). Mar
Biol 3:153–159
Sampaio C, Mafalda P, Salles S et al (2005) Tendencias estacionales y espaciales en la comunidad
mesozooplanctónica en una serie temporal plurianual en el noroeste del Mar de Alborán,
España. Rev Biol Mar Oceanogr 40(1):45–54
Sánchez-Garrido JC, García-Lafuente J, Álvarez-Fanjul E et al (2013) What does cause the collapse
of the Western Alboran Gyre? Results from an operational ocean model. Progr Oceanogr
116:142–153
Sánchez-Garrido JC, García-Lafuente J, Sammartino S et al (2014) Meteorologically-driven circulation and flushing times of the bay of Algeciras, Strait of Gibraltar. Mar Pollut Bull 80
(1–2):97–106
518
A. García et al.