Barents Sea capelin and us; Do they really mature and migrate at 14cm? Or have we become prisoners in our own Platonic allegory? How shall we respond?

• Main Author: Seal, Henry
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2018
• Subjects: Bestandsanalyse; Fiskebestander; Fiskeriforskning; Fiskeriforvaltning; Lodder; Barentshavet; https://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c013049; https://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c004185; https://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c004087; https://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c030943; https://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c013664; https://data.ub.uio.no/realfagstermer/c013662; 751999; Barents Sea; Tac; Barentshav*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/18065

Capelin (Mallotus Villosus) are an important component of the Barents Sea ecosystem. As zooplankton consumers they play a role in channelling energy up the food web, and they have the potential to represent a biomass of several million tonnes. Their population has undergone booms and crashes, as one...