A physiological individual-based model for the foraging and growth of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae was constructed, thoroughly validated using laboratory and field data, tested for parameter sensitivity, and used to examine climate-driven constraints on life-history scheduling of herring at various stocks in Northeast Atlantic waters. The model suggested that climate-driven changes in bottom-up factors will affect spring- and autumn-spawned larvae in different ways.

Hufnagl, M., and Peck, M. A. 2011. Physiological individual-based modelling of larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) foraging and growth: insights on climate-driven life-history scheduling. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1170–1188.

Akimova, A., Peck, M. A., Börner, G., van Damme, C., & Moyano, M. (2023). Combining modeling with novel field observations yields new insights into wintertime food limitation of larval fish. Limnology and Oceanography, 68(8), 1865-1879.

• the model was applied to simulate larval growth between 5 and 26 mm. It is unclear whether this model provide plausible results for larger larvae or juveniles 
• this model does not include stohasticity in the optimal foraging routine

anna.akimova@thuenen.de