Ecology and long-term forecasting of sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus) stock in the Baltic Sea: A review

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-217

  Ojaveer, Evald ^a   Kalejs, Margers ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Climatic periods; Freshwater input; Long term forecasts; Natural regions; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; ECOLOGY; FISH; FRESHWATER INPUT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALINITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS CALLARIAS; GADUS MORHUA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 77952289768     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-009-9130-5     Document Type: Review

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