Data request table for hindcasted and projected modelled variables used in fish and foodweb
modelling in Eco-support.
Dep. Var.
Forcing var.
depth
area
Temporal resolution
(month, season?)
Cod
recruitment
Reproductive
volume
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Monthly;
Cod
recruitment
Salinity
Defined by
vertical
profiles of
salinity and
oxygen
(physiological
thresholds to
be provided)
80-100m
(Gotland B)
70-90m (BB)
80-100m
(Gdansk B)
April-May; and
June-August for all 3
areas
19002100
Cod and
herring
recruitment
Pseudocalanus
spp. 1)
(biomass of all
lifehistory
stages)
Temperature
0-100 m
GB (BY
15)
BB (BY 45)
(station nr)
For
Gdansk,
use same
lat. and
long. as for
RV
definition
GB, GD,
BB
May
And August in all 3
areas
19002100
April-May and
June-August
19002100
Acartia spp. 1)
(biomass of all
lifehistory
stages)
0-100 m
GB (BY
15)
BB (BY 45)
(station nr)
For
Gdansk,
use same
lat. and
long. as for
RV
definition
GB, GD,
BB
May
And August in all 3
areas
19002100
Sprat
recruitment
Sprat
recruitment
0-10m
40-60m
Time
period
needed
19002100
(18502100)
Herring
recruitment
Salinity
80-100m
(GB)
70-90m (BB)
80-100m
(GD)
GB (BY
15)
BB (BY 45)
(station nr)
For
Gdansk,
use same
lat. and
long. as for
RV
definition
April-May and
June-August
19002100
Herring
predation rate
Herring-cod
vertical
overlap
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Monthly
19742100
Sprat predation
rate
Sprat-cod
vertical
overlap
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Monthly
19742100
Cod
cannibalism
Juvenile-adult
cod vertical
overlap
Defined by
vertical
profiles of
salinity and
oxygen
(physiological
thresholds to
be provided)
Defined by
vertical
profiles of
salinity and
oxygen
(physiological
thresholds to
be provided)
Defined by
vertical
profiles of
salinity and
oxygen
(physiological
thresholds to
be provided)
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Monthly
19742100
Alternative
forcing of cod
& herring
recruitment,
and Pseudoc.
Salinity
0-10m, 1020m, 20-30 m,
etc until
bottom depth
GB (BY
15)
BB (BY 45)
GD
Monthly
19002100
Alternative
forcing of
Temperature
0-10m, 10GB (BY
20m, 20-30 m, 15)
Monthly
19002100
sprat, Acartia
& Temora
Sprat
recruitment
Juvenile cod
and herring
growth
Zoobenthos
biomass,
juvenile cod
and herring
growth
Sprat and
herring growth
etc until
bottom depth
BB (BY 45)
GD
Temora spp.1) 0-100 m
spp.(biomass
of all
lifehistory
stages)
Zoobenthos
biomass
(especially
mysids,
isopods and
amphipods)
Volume of
anoxic bottoms
GB, GD,
BB
May
And August in all 3
areas
19002100
GB, GD,
BB, GF,
Landsort
deep
Monthly
19002100
GB, GD,
BB, GF,
Landsort
deep
Monthly
19002100
Cladocerans
biomass (if
possible
divided in the
species
Bosmina
maritima,
Podon spp.
and Evadne
nordmanni)
GB, GD,
BB, GF,
Landsort
deep
May, August, October
19002100
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Annual/monthly
19002100
April-May; and
June-August for all 3
areas
and annual
19002100
Bottom fauna macro benthos
Anoxic area
and depth of
anoxic zone
Pseudocalanus
spp
Salinity
0-100 m
0-10m
Acartia
/Temora spp
Temperature
Phytoplankton
/primary
producers
Nutrient
concentration
Phytoplankton
/primary
producers
Nutrients loads
Phytoplankton
/primary
producers
Primary
production
Seals
Area and
length of ice
cover
Macrobentos
fauna
H2S area
1)
0-10m
Gotland
Basin
Bornholm
Basin
For
Gdansk,
use same
lat. and
long. as for
RV
definition
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
Bornholm,
Gdansk,
Gotland
Arkona
Basins
All Central
baltic Sea
April-May and
June-August
and annual
19002100
Winter/summer
19002100
annual
19002100
Spring/summer/annual 19002100
Winter
19002100
April-May; and
June-August for all 3
areas
and annual
For models only generating a generic zooplankton, not specified to species, biomass of total
zooplankton replaces request for Pseudocalanus, Acartia and Temora projections.