A novel length back-calculation approach accounting for ontogenetic changes in the fish length - otolith size relationship during the early life of sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1214-1229

  Günther, Claudia C ^a   Temming, Axel ^a   Baumann, Hannes ^b   Huwer, Bastian ^c   Möllmann, Christian ^a   Clemmesen, Catriona ^d   Herrmann, Jens Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; INTERCEPTION; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; METAMORPHOSIS; ONTOGENY; OTOLITH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 84863215244     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-054     Document Type: Article

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