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Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | Mean of 1.162 ±0.0004, min 1.088, Max 1.214 | 1.16 mm |
Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | During incubation studies, the eggs demonstrated pelagic properties in salinities over 35%o and demersal properties in salinities below 34 %o | Pelagic |
Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Incubation time | 2.9-3.6 [Hatching takes 87 hours at 15°C and 69 hours at 17°C], and in all other studies carried out on sea bass egg 93 hours at 13 and 115 at 13°C for 100% hatching | 3.25 days |
Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Temperature for incubation | At 15 or 17°C | 15.0 °C |
Dicentrarchus labrax | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 48-54 [Hatching takes 87 hours at 15°C and 69 hours at 17°C] | 51.0 °C * day |