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==== Sandeels ====
==== Sandeels ====
'''Habitat:''' Demersal  
'''Habitat:''' Demersal <br>
'''Main role:''' Prey  
'''Main role:''' Prey <br>
'''Trophic level:''' 3 – 3,5
'''Trophic level:''' 3 – 3,5



Revision as of 13:55, 11 April 2018

Sandeel
Layer Info
Category Fish
Editable No
Data source Ecosystem simulation
Values
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Description:

Sandeels

Habitat: Demersal
Main role: Prey
Trophic level: 3 – 3,5

Diet: Their diet is dominated by zooplankton, but polychaetes, meiofauna and other small benthos have also an important role.

Threats: Of commercial interest. They are caught in large quantities by specialized industrial fisheries.


European sprat

Habitat: Pelagic
Main role: Prey
Trophic level: 3

Diet: zooplankton.

Threats: Highly commercial. Sprats are caught by various trawl gear and seine nets, and are often preserved by smoking. Juvenile sprats are marketed as whitebait. However, the larger part of the international catch is used in the fishmeal industry.

MSP Challenge 2050:

Sandeel and sprat are part of one single data layer. They are caught by all fishing fleets, but mostly by industrial and pelagic trawl.

In different languages

Sandeel

  • SN: ammodytes
  • EN: sandeels
  • NL: zandspiering
  • GE: Sandaal
  • DK: tobis
  • FR: lançon
  • NO: småsil
  • SE: tobis

Sandeels are part of a group of bottom-dwelling fish species without swim bladders that prefer relatively smooth bottom or gravelly sand. They typically burrow in the sand to escape predation. They are important prey for many predators of the food web.


European sprat

  • SN: sprattus sprattus
  • EN: European sprat
  • NL: sprot
  • GE: Europäische Sprotte
  • DK: brisling
  • FR: sprat
  • NO: brisling
  • SE: skarpsill
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