The community structure of over-wintering larval and small juvenile fish in a large estuary

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Munk P, Cardinale M, Casini M, Rudolphi AC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: over-wintering ichthyoplankton; fish larvae communities; estuarine gradient; distributional patterns; Gam; Kattegat; European eel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/721866; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.024

The Skagerrak and Kattegat are estuarine straits of high hydrographical and ecological diversity, situated between the saline waters of the North Sea and the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea. These sustain important nursery grounds of many fish species, of which several overwinter during the larval...