Figure 2

Eggs density and larval age distribution of European anchovy in the Strait of Sicily, collected in the summer period 2009–2012. Size of yellow triangles represents the mean age of anchovy larvae found in each station as estimated by the otolith analysis. The bathymetric contour of − 200 m (bold line) evidences the shape of the continental shelf in the study area. Maps were generated using R sofware version 3.4.1, R Core Team (2017). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. https://www.R-project.org/.