Survival bottlenecks in the early ontogenesis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus, L.) in coastal lagoon spawning areas of the western Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 982-990

  Polte, Patrick ^a   Kotterba, Paul ^a   Hammer, Cornelius ^a   Gröhsler, Tomas ^a  

^a Institute for Baltic Sea Fisheries   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; Baltic Sea; Clupea harengus; Greifswald Bay; spring spawning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COASTAL LAGOON; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; ONTOGENY; SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84899111752     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst050     Document Type: Article

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