North Sea herring (Clupea harengus L.) recruitment failure may be indicative of poor feeding success

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2026-2041

  Lusseau, Susan Mærsk ^a   Gallego, Alejandro ^a   Rasmussen, Jens ^a   Hatfield, Emma M C ^a   Heath, Mike ^a,b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding success; Fish larvae; North Sea herring; Overwintering; Parasites; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; OVERWINTERING; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CESTODA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; TREMATODA;

EID: 84911064022     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu070     Document Type: Article

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