Linking growth to environmental histories in central Baltic young-of-the-year sprat, Sprattus sprattus: An approach based on otolith microstructure analysis and hydrodynamic modelling

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 465-476

  Baumann, Hannes ^a   Hinrichsen, Hans Harald ^b   Voss, Rudi ^b   Stepputtis, Daniel ^b   Grygiel, Wlodzimierz ^c   Clausen, Lotte W ^d   Temming, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic sprat; Hydrodynamic modelling; Otolith microstructure analysis; Temperature dependent growth; Young of the year

Indexed keywords

FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OTOLITH; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 33749444438     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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