Linking individual physiological indicators to the productivity of fish populations: A case study of Atlantic herring

Raw data for i) heart rate measurements of Atlantic herring larvae reared at three different temperatures (7, 11 and 15°C); ii) compilation of Baltic herring larval growth rates measured in the field and in the laboratory; and iii) time series of thermal estimates (derived from satellite sea surface temperatures) in Greifswald Bay (Baltic Sea) between 1992 and 2017, as well as three herring productivity proxies in the area: weekly larval abundance in Greifswald Bay (one of the major spawning grounds), 1 yr-old juvenile abundance in the western Baltic basin, and the recruitment estimate from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Herring Assessment Working Group for the Area South of 62°N.