Starving early juvenile sprat Sprattus sprattus (L.) in western Baltic coastal waters: Evidence from combined field and laboratory observations in August and September 2003

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 853-866

  Baumann, H ^a   Peck, M A ^a   Gotze H E ^b   Temming, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age 0 year recruits; Laboratory feeding; Otolith microstructure analysis; Starvation

Indexed keywords

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 33847198992     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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