Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
Articles
- Henderson PA & Henderson RC (2017) "Population regulation in a changing
environment: Long-term changes in growth, condition and survival of sprat,
Sprattus sprattus L. in the Bristol Channel, UK" J. Sea Res 120:24-34
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2016.11.003
- Kadin, M., Olsson, O., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Willerström Ehrning, E. &
Blenckner, T. (2016) "Common Guillemot Uria aalge parents adjust provisioning
rates to compensate for low food quality" Ibis 158(1):167-178
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12335
- Anderson, H.B., Evans, P.G.H., Potts, J.M., Harris, M.P. & Wanless, S. (2014) "The diet of Common Guillemot Uria aalge chicks provides
evidence of changing prey communities in the North Sea" Ibis 156:23-34
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12099
- Evans, T.J., Kadin, M., Olsson, O. & Åkesson, S. (2013) "Foraging behaviour of common murres in the Baltic Sea, recorded by simultaneous
attachment of GPS and time-depth recorder devices" Mar Ecol Prog Ser 475:277-289
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10125
- Martinez, I., Ellis, J.R., Scott, B. & Tidd, A. (2013) "The fish and fisheries of
Jones Bank and the wider Celtic Sea" Prog Ocean 117:89-105
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.03.004
- Smout, S., Rindorf, A., Wanless, S., Daunt, F., Harris, M.P. & Matthiopoulos, J. (2013) "Seabirds maintain offspring provisioning rate despite
fluctuations in prey abundance: a multi-species functional response for guillemots in the North Sea" Journal of Applied Ecology
50(4):1071-1079
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12095
- Thaxter, C.B., Daunt, F., Grémillet, D., Harris, M.P., Benvenuti, S., Watanuki,Y., Hamer, K.C. & Wanless, S. (2013) "Modelling the Effects of
Prey Size and Distribution on Prey Capture Rates of Two Sympatric Marine Predators" PLoS ONE 8(11): e79915
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079915
- Kadin, M., Österblom, H., Hentati-Sundberg, J. & Olsson, O. (2012) "Contrasting effects of food quality and quantity on a marine top predator"
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 444:239-249
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09417
- Fauchald, P., Skov, H., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Johns, D. & Tveraa, T. (2011) "Wasp-Waist Interactions in the North Sea Ecosystem" PLoS ONE
6(7): e22729
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022729
- Henderson PA, Seaby RMH & Somes JR (2011) "Community level
response to climate change: The long-term study of the fish and crustacean
community of the Bristol Channel" J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 400:78-89
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.028
- Parent B (2011) "Population dymanics of three small pelagic fishes in the
Celtic and Irish Seas: sprat Sprattus sprattus, pilchard Sardina pilachardus and
anchovy Engraulis encrasicoulus" Master thesis 45 p
- Henderson PA & Bird DJ (2010) "Fish and macro-crustacean communities and their
dynamics in the Severn Estuary" Mar Poll Bull 61:100-114
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.12.017
- Hjernquist, B. & Hjernquist, M.B. (2010) "The effects of quantity and quality of prey on population fluctuations in three
seabird species" Bird Study 57:19-25
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063650903029516
- Limborg MT, Pedersen JS, Hemmer-Hansen J, Tomkiewicz J & Bekkevold D
(2009) "Genetic population structure of European sprat Sprattus sprattus:
differentiation across a steep environmental gradient in a small pelagic fish"
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 379:213-224
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07889
- Rijnsdorp, A.D., Peck, M.A., Engelhard, G.H., Möllmann, C., &
Pinnegar, J. K. (2009) "Resolving the effect of climate change on fish populations."
ICES Journal of Marine Science 66:1570-1583
- Voss, R., Dickmann, M. & Schmidt, J.O. (2009) "Feeding ecology of sprat
(Sprattus sprattus, L.) and sardine (Sardine pilchardus W.) larvae in the German
Bight, North Sea" Oecologia 51:117-138
- Harris, M.P., Newell, M., Daunt, F., Speakman, J.R. & Wanless, S. (2008)
"Snake Pipefish Entelurus aequoreus are poor food for seabirds" Ibis 150:413–415
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00780.x
- Sundberg, J. (2008) "Causes and consequences of timing of breeding in Common Guillemot, Uria aalge, in the Baltic Sea" Degree project thesis,
Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University
[notes]
http://www.balticseabird.com/english/publications.htm
- Henderson, P.A. (2007) "Discrete and continuous change in the fish
community of the Bristol Channel in response to climate change" J Mar Biol
Assoc UK 87(2):589-598
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407052447
- Osterblom, H., Hansson, S., Larsson, U., Hjerne, O., Wulff, F., Elmgren, R. &
Folke, C. (2007) "Human-induced Trophic Cascades and Ecological Regime
Shifts in the Baltic Sea" Ecosystems 10(6):877-889
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-007-9069-0
- Harris, M.P., Heubeck, M., Shaw, D.N. & Okill, J.D. (2006) "Dramatic changes in the return date of Guillemots Uria aalge to colonies in
Shetland, 1962-2005" Bird Study 53:247-252
[notes]
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/bird/2006/00000053/00000003/art00007
- Österblom, H. (2006) "Complexity and change in a simple food web: studies
in the Baltic Sea (FAO Area 27 IIId)" PhD thesis, Dept. of Systems Ecology,
Stockholm University
[notes]
http://www.balticseabird.com/english/publications.htm
- Österblom, H., Casini, M., Olsson, O. & Bignert, A. (2006) "Fish, seabirds and trophic cascades in the Baltic Sea" Mar Ecol Prog Ser
323: 233–238
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps323233
- Wanless, S., Harris, M.P., Redman, P., & Speakman, J.R. (2005) "Low energy
values of fish as a probable cause of a major seabird breeding failure in the
North Sea" Mar Ecol Prog Ser 294:1-8
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps294001
- Arrhenius, F. (1996) "Diet composition and food selectivity of 0-group
herring (Clupea harengus L.) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus L.) in the northern
Baltic Sea" ICES J Mar Sci 53:701-712
[notes]
Diet composition and prey selectivity of the major Baltic Sea zooplanktivores,
0-group herring (Clupea harengus) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus), were studied in
a coastal area. Diets were dominated by zooplankton, mainly cladocerans (Bosmina
longispina maritima and Pleopsis polyphemoides) and copepods (Acartia spp. and
Eurytemora affinis hirundoides/Temora longicornis). There were differences in
order of the prey selected by the two different 0-group predators (fish hatched
during the sampling year) when analysing each species separately. The general
order of prey preference for herring was Acartia > Eurytemora>cladocerans>
Pseudocalanus minutus>copepod nauplii and for sprat Eurytemora>cladocerans>
Acartia>Pseudocalanus>copepod nauplii. As they grew 0-group clupeoids selected
larger prey; the greatest preference was shown for intermediate sized prey
(0.7–1.0 mm in cephalothorax length).
Keywords: herring, sprat, Baltic Sea, selectivity, diet
http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1996.0089
- Coombs, S., Nichols, J., Conway, D., Milligan, S., & Halliday, N. (1992)
"Food availability for sprat larvae in the Irish Sea" J Mar Biol Ass UK
72(4):821-834
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The distribution of larvae of sprat (Sprattus sprattus) is described in relation to
feeding conditions in the Irish Sea. Larvae were most abundant towards the
coastal margins. Relatively few were taken in the mixed water of the central Irish
Sea. Preferred food organisms were also more abundant in coastal regions. Both
sprat eggs and larvae, and microplankton, were more dispersed down the water
column when it was fully mixed than when stratified. Characterization of food
availability for larvae, as peak (modal) abundance down the water-column, is
shown to be related to the degree of stratification.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400060069
- Hatchwell, B.J., Birkhead, T.R., Goodburn, S.F., Perrins, J.M. & Jones, S.E.
(1992) "Chick diets and food intake of nestling Common Guillemots Uria aalge:
an inter-colony comparison" Seabird 14:15-20
[notes]
http://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/
- Hatchwell, B.J. (1991) "The feeding ecology of young Guillemots Uria aalge
on Skomer Island, Wales" Ibis 133(2):153-161
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1991.tb04826.x
- Swennen, C. & Duiven, P. (1991) "Diving speed and food-size selection in common guillemots, Uria aalge"
Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 27(2):191-196
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0077-7579(91)90012-P
- Birkhead, T.R., Goodburn, S.F. & Hatchwell, B.J. (1986) "Feeding Ecology of
Common Guillemot Chicks on Lundy" Annual Report of the Lundy Field Society
1985 36:25-26
[notes]
Annual Report of the Lundy Field Society 1985 36
- Claridge PN, Potter IC & Hardisty MW (1986) "Seasonal changes in
movements, abundance, size composition and diversity of the fish fauna of the
Severn Estuary" J Mar Biol Ass UK 66:229-258
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540003976X
- Potter IC, Claridge PN & Warwick RM (1986) "Consistency of seasonal
changes in an estuarine fish assemblage" Mar Ecol Prog Ser 32:217-228
[notes]
http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v32/
- Potter IC & Claridge PN (1985) "Seasonal Catches, Size and Meristic Data
for Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, in the Severn Estuary" J Mar Biol Assoc UK
65(3):667-675
[notes]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400052516
- Russell, F.S. (1980) "On the distribution of postlarval fish in the Bristol
Channel" Bulletin of Marine Ecology 8:283-290
- Townley M & King PE (1980) "The marine fauna of Lundy - ichthyoplankton
(fish plankton)" Rep Lundy Fld Soc 1979 30:49-55
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Report of the Lundy Field Society 1979 30
Researchers
Henderson PA,
Henderson RC,
Kadin, M.,
Olsson, O.,
Hentati-Sundberg, J.,
Willerström Ehrning, E.,
Blenckner, T.,
Evans, T.J.,
Åkesson, S.,
Martinez, I.,
Ellis, J.R.,
Scott, B.E.,
Tidd, A.,
Österblom, H.,
Fauchald, P.,
Skov, H.,
Skern-Mauritzen, M.,
Johns, D.,
Tveraa, T.,
Henderson PA,
Seaby RMH,
Somes JR,
Bird DJ,
Hjernquist, B.,
Hjernquist, M.B.,
Limborg MT,
Pedersen JS,
Hemmer-Hansen J,
Tomkiewicz J,
Bekkevold D,
Harris, M.P.,
Newell, M.,
Daunt, F.,
Speakman, J.R.,
Wanless, S.,
Hansson, S.,
Larsson, U.,
Hjerne, O.,
Wulff, F.,
Elmgren, R.,
Folke, C.,
Heubeck, M.,
Shaw, D.N.,
Okill, J.D.,
Casini, M.,
Bignert, A.,
Wanless, S.,
Redman, P.,
Swennen, C.,
Duiven, P.,
Hatchwell, B.J.,
Birkhead, T.R.,
Goodburn, S.F.,
Perrins, J.M.,
Jones, S.E.,
Claridge PN,
Potter IC,
Hardisty MW,
Warwick RM,
Townley, M.,
King, P.E.,
Internal Links
External Links
- Barnes MKS (2008) "Sprattus sprattus Sprat" in Tyler-Walters H &
Hiscock K eds "Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key
Information Reviews, [on-line]" Plymouth: Mar Biol Assoc UK [cited 19-08-2018].
Available from:
https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/82
- Froese R & Pauly D eds (2018) "FishBase. Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Accessed on 2018-08-17 through: World Register of Marine Species at:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126425
- Fishbase: Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Usually inshore schooling, sometimes entering estuaries (especially the juveniles)
and tolerating salinities as low as 4 ppt. Shows strong migrations between winter
feeding and summer spawning grounds. Moves to the surface at night. Feeds on
planktonic crustaceans. Spawns at depths of 10-20 m producing 6,000-14,000
pelagic eggs. Some spawn almost throughout the year, mainly in spring and
summer, near the coast or up to 100 km out to sea, the young drifting inshore.
Sold as 'brislings' to canneries. Sprat are used in the production of fish meal and
as mink food, less for human consumption. Utilized fresh, smoked, canned and
frozen; can be pan-fried and broiled.
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