Nutritional situation for larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L.) in two nursery areas in the western Baltic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 991-1000

  Paulsen, Matthias ^a,b   Hammer, Cornelius ^a   Malzahn, Arne M ^c,d   Polte, Patrick ^a   Von Dorrien, Christian ^a   Clemmesen, Catriona ^b  

^a Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries   (Germany)

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

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DHA; EPA; essential fatty acids; food quality; growth; prey density

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FATTY ACID; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; NURSERY GROUND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84901422439     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst168     Document Type: Article

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