Physical and biological processes controlling the distribution of fish larvae in the NW Mediterranean

By A. Sabatés, M. Olivar, J. Salat, I. Palomera, F. Alemany. 2007

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Planktonic cnidarian distribution and feeding of Pelagia noctiluca in the NW Mediterranean Sea (2010, background): “The maximum size of most fish larvae in the plankton in that area and for the same period is *10 mm (Sabatés et al., 2007b); therefore, large larvae were very scarce.”
A comparison of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and sardine (Sardina pilchardus) larvae feeding in the Northwest Mediterranean: influence of prey availability and ontogeny (2010, background): “Sardine spawning, in contrast, takes place in autumn/winter, so their larvae inhabit colder waters during a period of vertical mixing of the water column, and they are found alongside the larvae of fewer other fish species (Sabatés et al., 2007).”
Blooms of the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, span the Mediterranean Sea in 2009 (2010, background): “The most abundant pelagic species are European sardine and anchovy, which have non-overlapping spawning periods, autumn–winter and spring–summer, respectively (Sabatés et al., 2007).”
Spawning period of Mediterranean marine fishes (2010, background): “The warmer summer waters may enhance larval growth and the stability of the water column may maintain food patches (Sabatés et al. 2007).”