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Predation on Herring Larvae and Eggs by Sand-Eels Ammodytes Marinus (Rait) and HyperoplusLanceolatus (Lesauvage)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P.W. Rankine  and
J.A. Morrison
P.W. Rankine
Affiliation:
DAFS Marine Laboratory, Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB9 8DB
J.A. Morrison
Affiliation:
DAFS Marine Laboratory, Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB9 8DB
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Many field observations have been made on predation by a variety of fish species on the demersally spawned eggs of the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus L.) (Dunn, 1898; Bowman, 1922; Hempel & Hempel, 1971; Toresen, 1985). Field observations on the predation of herring larvae by fish are comparatively rare although jellyfish medusae have been identified as larval predators (Van der Veer et al, 1983; Moller, 1984). Recently several experiments have been carried out on the predation of medusae and other planktonic organisms (Bailey & Batty, 1983) and of fish on herring larvae (Christensen, 1983; Fuiman & Gamble, 1987). Despite the lack of field observations Hunter (1984) considered that predation, most probably by fish, was the major cause of mortality in fish larvae.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 493 - 498
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1989

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