The metadata sheets below describe the data used in BONUS INSPIRE publications and products. In addition to data description, contact information on the data owner is also given.
Baltic cod condition
General description Biological data from bottom trawling (BITS, and historical Swedish and Latvian data), seal counts (Swedish Museum of Natural history) and hydrological data (SMHI)
Baltic cod early life
Early life stage survival and connectivity of Baltic cod
Baltic cod egg survival
Oxygen-related Baltic cod egg survival data
Baltic cod natural mortality and selectivity
Effects of varying natural mortality and selectivity on the assessment of eastern Baltic cod stock
Baltic cod otolith microchemistry
Seasonal signals in otolith microchemistry reveal age of eastern Baltic cod
Baltic cod stock mixing - Arkona Basin
Spatio-temporal trends in stock mixing of eastern and western Baltic cod in the Arkona Basin and the implications for recruitment
Baltic cod spatial distribution
Biological data on Eastern Baltic cod from bottom trawling (BITS, and historical national data) and hydrological data (SMHI)
Baltic cod stomach content
Individual-based samples of cod stomach contents for the Eastern Baltic Sea
Baltic flounder genetic data
Genotypes for 16 msat markers of individual flounders mainly sampled in BONUS INSPIRE gillnet and beach seine surveys
Baltic flounder spawning habitat
Biological and hydrological data from INSPIRE gillnet samping; prediction maps of potential spawning habitats
Baltic Sea gillnet and beach seine surveys
Environmental data and fish catch data from BONUS INSPIRE gillnet and beach seine surveys
Baltic Sea standardized bottom trawl data
Data on CPUE (catch per unit effort) per sizeclass of cod and flounder, from DATRAS and historical Latvian and Swedish surveys
Baltic Sea standardized pelagic trawl data
Data on CPUE (catch per unit effort) of cod ≥30 cm from acoustic surveys control hauls
Egg specific gravity of Baltic flounder
Egg characteristics and egg survival probabilities in different spawning areas
Environment and fish larvae - Pärnu Bay
Daily samples on environment and larval herring and Pomatoschistus spp. in three stations
Herring and sprat feeding - Gulf of Finland & NE Baltic
Herring and sprat feeding in the Gulf of Finland and the NE Baltic Proper
Herring and stickleback feeding - Gulf of Riga
Herring and three-spined stickleback feeding in the Gulf of Riga
Herring (autumn) in the Gulf of Riga
Dataset covers variety of historical sources and parametres, originated both from catch statistics and biological observations, with different types and certainty of information over time between 1928-2014
Herring egg predation experiments
Experimental case study using exclusion experiments to quantify predation effects on herring egg mortality
Herring egg substrate experiments
Experimental case study using artificial substrate to investigate substrate effcts on herring egg mortality
Herring fishery in SD 30 and 32
Harmonized dataset from institutional monitoring programs of several countries around Baltic Sea
Herring larvae and spatio-temporal overlap with sticklebacks
Case study on top-down control of larval herring using weekly abundance of prey and predators and predators gut content data
Herring otolith chemistry
Elemental fingerprints of western baltic herring otolith cores for analyses on spawning ground origin (laser-ablation mass spectroscopy)
Herring reproduction - Gulf of Riga
Autumn herring collected for general biological and ovarian analysis from spawning areas in gillnets from the northern Gulf of Riga throughout the spawning season
Hydroclimate, zooplantkon and herring - Gulf of Riga
Larval fish sampled from nine stations and CTD/zooplankton from two stations in Pärnu Bay from May to July
Ichthyoplankton - Gotland Basin and Gulf of Finland
Ichthyoplankton in the Gotland Basin and the Gulf of Finland
Mesozooplankton
Baltic Sea mesozooplankton dataset
Multispecies and density dependent factors
Effects of multispecies and density dependent factors on MSY reference points. Example of the Baltic Sea sprat
Spatial distribution of larval herring - Greifswald Bay
Pelagic and littoral herring larvae abundance and vertical distributions
Stock structure and main parameters of internationally managed fish species of the Baltic Sea (excl. salmon and plaice)
Information on SSB, stock abundance, landings, fishing mortalities and TACs of herring, sprat, and cod stocks
Stock structure and main parameters of the Baltic herring in Subdivisions 28.2, 29, 32 and their combinations
Information on SSB, stock abundance, landings and fishing mortalities of herring in Subdivisions 28.2, 29, 32 and their combinations