Changes in growth of North Sea plaice since 1950 in relation to density, eutrophication, beam-trawl effort, and temperature

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1199-1213

  Rijnsdorp, A D ^a   Van Leeuwen, P I ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

beam trawling; density dependence; eutrophication; growth

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH; PLAICE; TRAWLING;

NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 0030302657     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0145     Document Type: Article

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