Egg mortality: Predation and hydrography in the central Baltic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1379-1390

  Voss, Rdiger ^a   Hinrichsen, Hans Harald ^b   Stepputtis, Daniel ^c   Bernreuther, Matthias ^d,f   Huwer, Bastian ^e   Neumann, Viola ^e   Schmidt, Jörn O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic inflow; Bornholm Basin hydrographic processes; cod; recruitment; sprat

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLUPEOID FISHERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; EGG; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID FISHERY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OXYGEN; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN; NORTH SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 79959522204     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr061     Document Type: Article

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