Forage fish quality: Seasonal lipid dynamics of herring (Clupea harengus L.) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus L.) in the Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-71

  Røjbek, Maria C ^a   Tomkiewicz, Jonna ^a   Jacobsen, Charlotte ^a   Støttrup, Josianne G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

clupeids; essential fatty acids; fatty acid composition; foodweb; prey quality; reproduction; Saduria entomon; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIPID; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84890520152     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst106     Document Type: Article

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