Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) spawning grounds on the Lithuanian coast: current status and shaping factors* This study was supported by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (project No. LT0047).
During the 2009 and 2010 seasons Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras L.) spawning grounds were investigated by SCUBA divers off the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast. The most important spawning substrate was a hard bottom overgrown with red algae Furcellaria lumbricalis, but only 32.8% of potentially...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Oceanologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323414500474 |