Relationships between fish stock changes in the Baltic Sea and the M74 syndrome, a reproductive disorder of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2134-2144

  Mikkonen, Jaakko ^a   Keinänen, Marja ^a   Casini, Michèle ^b   Pönni, Jukka ^a   Vuorinen, Pekka J ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Baltic Sea; growth; herring; M74 syndrome; sprat; yolk sac fry mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLUPEOID; CONDITION FACTOR; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DOMINANCE; FEEDING GROUND; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; SALMO SALAR; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 80054100970     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr156     Document Type: Article

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