Samples of Atlantic herring from fourteen locations (Area) shown clockwise from Kragerø in southern Norway to Balsfjord in northern Norway along the coast of Norway (see also Fig 1).

ID: Population abbreviation, Lat: latitude (N), Lon: longitude (E), N/W/S: N: populations in northern Norway, W: populations in western Norway, S: populations in southern Norway, System: type of habitat where the herring were sampled, Month: month of spawning, Year: sampling year, Spawn: some in spawning condition (+), none in spawning condition (-), Length: mean length in cm and length range for each age range 3–5 years, 6–8 years, 9–12 years, n: total number of samples for each age range, ntot: total number of samples from each area.Samples of Atlantic herring from fourteen locations (Area) shown clockwise from Kragerø in southern Norway to Balsfjord in northern Norway along the coast of Norway (see also Fig 1).本数据集各字段说明如下：ID：种群缩写；Lat：纬度（latitude, 北纬）；Lon：经度（longitude, 东经）；N/W/S：其中N代表挪威北部种群，W代表挪威西部种群，S代表挪威南部种群；System：大西洋鲱（Atlantic herring）的采样栖息地类型；Month：产卵月份；Year：采样年份；Spawn：处于产卵状态记为+，未处于产卵状态记为-；Length：各年龄组（3–5龄、6–8龄、9–12龄）的平均体长（单位：厘米）及对应体长范围；n：各年龄组的总样本数；ntot：各区域的总样本数。本数据集的大西洋鲱样本采自挪威沿岸14个采样站位（Area），采样点位沿挪威海岸从南部的克拉格勒（Kragerø）顺时针延伸至北部的巴尔斯峡湾（Balsfjord），详见图1。