Diel spatial distribution and feeding activity of herring (Clupea harengus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in the Baltic Sea

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-292

  Cardinale, Massimiliano ^a   Casini, Michele ^a   Arrhenius, Fredrik ^a   Håkansson, Nils ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Diel aggregation patterns; Diel vertical migrations; Feeding activity; Pelagic fish

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; DIEL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 0041694336     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00007-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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