Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in Iceland : what do we know and what can we predict about the future?

• Main Author: Hoad, Nicholas Matthew, 1991-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Brislingur; Sjávarvistfræði; Tegundafjölbreytni; University Centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Sprat; Marine ecosystems; Habitat; Faroe Islands; Haf; Strendur; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/42995

Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) (Icelandic: brislingur) is a small clupeid fish superficially similar in appearance to a small herring. It is widely dispersed in shallow waters in Europe from the North and Baltic Seas to the Mediterranean with separate subspecies occurring in each of these three subregion...