| | Meta-ecosystems and biological energy transport from ocean |
| | 0,48 | | MB | to coast: the ecological importance of herring migration |
| | 9 | | stron |
| | 4888 | | ID | Institute of Marine Research |
| | 2005 | | rok |
| | Abstract: Ecosystems are not closed, but receive resource subsidies from other ecosystems. |
| | Energy, material and organisms are moved between systems by physical vectors, but migrating |
| | animals also transport resources between systems. We report on large scale energy transport from |
| | ocean to coast by a migrating fish population, the Norwegian spring-spawning (NSS) herring Clupea |
| | harengus. We observe a rapid body mass increase during parts of the annual, oceanic feeding |
| | migration and we use a bioenergetics model to quantify energy consumption. |