Supplementary material: ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68 Egg mortality: predation and hydrography in the central Baltic

Supplementary material: ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68 Egg mortality: predation and hydrography in the central Baltic

Rüdiger Voss, Hans-Harald Hinrichsen, Daniel Stepputtis,

Matthias Bernreuther, Bastian Huwer, Viola Neumann, and Jörn O. Schmidt

Table S1. The number of sprat stomachs analysed per length class.

Cruise Month Area Length class (cm)

<10 10-<11 11-<12 12-<13 13-<14 14-<15 >15

2 April 02 38G5 12 12 12 12 12 12 –

39G5 & 39G6 45 30 30 30 30 24 2

40G5 & 40G6 21 12 12 12 12 5 3

4 May 02 38G5 6 12 12 12 12 12 –

39G5 & 39G6 26 29 34 33 33 33 –

7 June 02 38G5 – 3 3 3 3 3 –

39G5 & 39G6 – 23 24 25 24 25 3

40G5 & 40G6 6 13 12 12 12 9 –

9 July 02 38G5 & 38G6 – 1 3 6 3 1 –

39G5 & 39G6 – 7 16 18 18 18 –

40G5 & 40G6 – 15 21 21 20 18 –

10 August 02 38G5 – 2 9 9 9 9 3

39G5 & 39G6 – 5 9 9 9 9 4

12 September 02 38G4 &38G5 7 6 12 12 12 12 12

39G6 – 2 8 9 9 3 –

40G6 & 40G7 – 5 12 15 13 11 3

14 November 02 38G5 12 3 2 9 9 9 –

39G5 & 39G6 29 20 20 21 21 21 3

40G5 & 40G6 18 12 15 14 15 14 3

15 January 03 38G5 18 9 9 9 9 9 –

39G5 & 39G6 27 22 21 22 21 20 7

40G5 & 40G6 12 6 9 9 9 9 –

17 March 03 38G5 & 38G6 6 3 10 10 10 10 5

39G5 & 39G6 37 21 24 24 23 24 –

40G5 & 40G6 21 18 19 18 18 18 –

18 April 03 38G5 18 16 17 15 15 16 7

39G5 & 39G6 44 33 33 33 34 25 –

19 May 03 38G5 54 33 33 33 30 24 –

39G5 39G6 41 33 33 33 33 33 3

20 July 03 38G5 33 15 15 15 15 15 7

39G5 41 27 26 27 27 27 3

21 August 03 38G4 – 3 3 3 3 3 –

39G5 & 39G6 3 17 21 22 20 16 1

22 November 03 38G5 & 38G6 22 11 9 12 12 12 6

39G5 28 14 17 18 18 18 6

40G5 12 6 6 6 6 6 –