The ecophysiology of Sprattus sprattus in the Baltic and North Seas

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-57

  Peck, Myron A ^a   Baumann, Hannes ^a,d   Bernreuther, Matthias ^a,e   Clemmesen, Catriona ^b   Herrmann, Jens Peter ^a   Haslob, Holger ^b   Huwer, Bastian ^c   Kanstinger, Philipp ^a   Köster, Fritz W ^c   Petereit, Christoph ^b   Temming, Axel ^a   Voss, Rudi ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOPHYSICAL MODELING; BIOTIC FACTORS; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; EARLY LIFE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GROWTH POTENTIAL; LABORATORY STUDIES; LATITUDINAL RANGE; LIFE HISTORY; NEAR-SHORE WATERS; NEARSHORES; NORTH SEA; ONTOGENETIC CHANGES; SMALL PELAGIC FISH; TARGET SPECIES; THERMAL WINDOWS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

FEEDING; FORESTRY; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; PELAGIC FISH; PHENOLOGY; PREY CAPTURE; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE USE; SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84865570959     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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