Table 1.

Parameters utilized to construct life history tables.

	Species	Family	Reproductive mode	AgeMax	L inf	t 0	K	t m	α	β
Protandry	Diplodus sargus	Sparidae	Broadcast spawners	1263	45.90	−0.890	0.171	3	0.011	5.1064
	Lithognathus mormyrus	Sparidae	Broadcast spawners	1165	38.4466	−1.48366	0.20066	3	0.010†	5.10†
	Sparus aurata	Sparidae	Broadcast spawners	1267	59.7667	−1.71167	0.15367	2	0.010†	5.10†
	Lates calcarifer	Latidae	Broadcast spawners	23[32]68	143.00	−0.860	0.130	4	27.00069	2.8969
Protogyny	Chrysoblephus puniceus	Sparidae	Haremic	1012	44.0070	−0.810	0.180	2	10.253*	2.6071
	Pagellus erythrinus	Sparidae	Group spawners	2131	41.7872	−1.210	0.130	3	0.030‡	5.49‡
	Spondyliosoma cantharus	Sparidae	Haremic and nest guarders	1073	47.70	−0.830	0.180	2	0.04074 *	4.6074*
	Semicossyphus pulcher	Labridae	Haremic and territorial	2947	55.77	−0.710	0.126	4	0.00189	5.4975

AgeMax: maximum age (in years; in square brackets maximum age recorded for few individuals, not used in the model); L _inf: asymptotic length (in cm); K: growth coefficient; t ₀: theoretical age at length = 0; t _m: age at first maturity; α: constant in the fecundity relationship (adjusted to standard length); β: exponent in the fecundity relationship. Values are obtained from FishBase⁴⁹ unless specified.

*Values calculated from available data for Spondyliosoma cantharus ⁷⁴; ^†data obtained for D. sargus; ^‡extrapolated values from fecundity.