Long-term fluctuations in fish recruit abundance in the western Wadden Sea in relation to variation in the marine environment

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1120-1129

  Philippart, Catharina J M ^a   Lindeboom, Han J ^a   Van Der Meer, Jaap ^a   Van Der Veer, Henk W ^a   Witte, Johannes I J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

estuarine environment; fish recruits; population variability; time series; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE FISH; LONG-TERM FLUCTUATIONS; NURSERY HABITAT; RECRUITMENT;

WADDEN SEA;

PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 0030302664     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0138     Document Type: Article

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