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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''Scientific name:''' [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126752 Ammodytes tobianus] | '''Scientific name:''' [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126752 Ammodytes tobianus] (Common/Lesser Sandeel) | ||
'''Habitat:''' Demersal <br> | '''Habitat:''' Demersal <br> | ||
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'''Trophic level:''' 3 – 3,5 | '''Trophic level:''' 3 – 3,5 | ||
''' | '''IUCN Red List Assessment:''' [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18155960/44738727 Data Deficient] | ||
''' | '''Diet:''' Their diet is dominated by zooplankton, but includes polychaetes, meiofauna, and other small benthos. Because of their diet and the fact that they are eaten by larger marine predators, sandeels represent an important link between the lower and upper levels of the marine food web. | ||
'''Threats:''' Sandeels are commercially interesting for various purposes, including use as bait and for aquaculture. They are caught in large quantities by specialized industrial fisheries. Despite being highly managed, the majority of sandeel stock have experienced severe declines. This is caused by a combination of overfishing and the effects of climate change. | |||
=North Sea= | |||
Sandeel and | == Information == | ||
There are two dominant species of Sandeel in the North Sea: the Common Sandeel (''[https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126752 Ammodytes tobianus]'') and the Greater Sandeel (''[https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126756 Hyperoplus lanceolatus]''). Both are small, slender fish that primarily inhabit sandy or muddy substrates along coastal areas. They are known for their ability to burrow into the sand to avoid predators. In the North Sea, Sandeels are highly nutritious and are therefore preferred prey for many other species of fish, seabirds, seals, whales and dolphins. Additionally, they hold economic significance in the North Sea region, being commercially targeted for various purposes, including use as bait in fishing and for human consumption. | |||
The data layer "Sandeel" in the North Sea Edition of the MSP Challenge also includes '''[[Sprat]]'''. In the North Sea, "Sandeel" feeds on Benthic Invertebrates and is prey for primarily Demersal Fish, Mackerel, Seabirds, Seals, Cataceans, Flatfish and Cod. They avoid Noise, Bottom Disturbance and Surface Disturbance. They are caught through Industiral & Pelagic Trawl fishing. | |||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||
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=Clyde Marine Region= | =Clyde Marine Region= | ||
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There are 5 species of Sandeel found around in Scottish seas, including the Clyde Marine Region. The two most common species are Raitt's Sandeel (''[https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126751 Ammodytes marinus]'') and the Lesser Sandeel (''[https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126752 Ammodytes tobianus]''). Both are small, slender fish that primarily inhabit sandy or muddy substrates along coastal areas. They are known for their ability to burrow into the sand to avoid predators. They feed primarily on plankton of variable size, ranging from small plankton eggs up to larger energy rich copepods found in great abundance in Scotland's seas. They are a primary prey for various species of seabirds, and larger fish and are essential food for marine mammals. | |||
In the Clyde Marine Region, Sandeel is prey for primairly Seals, but also for Cod, Whitting, Cataceans, Birds, Sharks and Rays and Skates. Sandeel avoid Noise. | |||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||
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