An example of meso-scale hydrographic features in the central Baltic Sea and their influence on the distribution and vertical migration of sprat, Sprattus sprattus balticus (Schn.)

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-88

  Stepputtis, Daniel ^a   Hinrichsen, Hans Harald ^b   Böttcher, Uwe ^a   Götze, Eberhard ^a   Mohrholz, Volker ^c  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

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

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Habitat; Meso scale; Oxygen; Salinity; Sprat; Sprattus sprattus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; HALOCLINE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MESOSCALE MOTION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 78650048382     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2010.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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