Depth-dependent nutritional condition of sprat Sprattus sprattus larvae in the central Bornholm Basin, Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 217-228

  Dänhardt, Andreas ^a,c   Peck, Myron A ^a   Clemmesen, Catriona ^b   Temming, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic; Condition; Growth; Larvae; Protein; RNA:DNA; Sprattus sprattus; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; DEEP WATER; DNA; FIELD SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RNA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 34547568817     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341217     Document Type: Article

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