Egg mortality: predation and hydrography in the central Baltic

Rüdiger Voss 1*, Hans-Harald Hinrichsen 2, Daniel Stepputtis 3, Matthias Bernreuther4, Bastian Huwer5, Viola Neumann5, and Jörn O. Schmidt 1 Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Economics, University of Kiel, Wilhelm-Seelig Platz 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (vTI), Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Alter Hafen Süd 2, 18069 Rostock, Germany Centre for Marine and Climate Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Charlottenlund, Denmark *Corresponding Author: tel. +49 431 8805634; fax: +49 431 8803150; e-mail: [email protected] Present address: Institute of Sea Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (vTI), Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Palmaille 9, 22767 Hamburg, Germany.