The four figures above demonstrate distribution patterns of the European common squid Alloteuthis subulata in the North Sea during summer 2007, winter 2008, summer 2008, and winter 2009. The data show an ontogenetic migration and suggest that the predator impact of the squid changes in place and time with consequences for its prey – the early life stages of exploited fish stocks.
We further contribute to current transnational work on distribution, fisheries, ecology and conservation of European cephalopods and are members of the ICES Working Group on Cephalopod Fisheries and Life History (WGCEPH) (e.g., Pierce et al. 2010).
This research was funded by the environmental foundation Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, and by institutional resources.
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Oesterwind D, ter Hofstede R, Harley B, Brendelberger H, Piatkowski U (2010) Biology and meso-scale distribution patterns of North Sea cephalopods. Fish Res 106:141-150
Pierce GJ, Valavanis VD, Guerra A, Jereb P, Orsi-Relini L, Bellido JM, Katara I, Piatkowski U, Pereira JMF, Balguerias E, Sobrino I, Lefkaditou E, Wang J, Santurtun M, Boyle PR, Hastie LC, MacLeod CD, Smith JM, Viana M, Gonzalez AF, Zur AF (2008) A review of cephalopod - environment interactions in European Seas. Hydrobiologia 612:49-70
Pierce GJ, Allcock L, Bruno I, Bustamante P, Gonzalez A, Guerra A, Jereb P, Lefkaditou E, Malham S, Moreno A, Pereira J, Piatkowski U, Rasero M, Sanchez P, Santos B, Santurtun M, Seixas S, Villanueva R (2010) (eds.) Cephalopod biology and fisheries in Europe. ICES Cooperative Research Report 303:1-175
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