Fishing and the ground-fish assemblage structure in the north-western North Sea: An analysis of long-term and spatial trends

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 577-598

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Hall, Stephen J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community structure; dominance; fishing impact; non exploited fish assemblage; species diversity; whole fish assemblage

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUTRIGLA GURNARDUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; SQUALUS; TRISOPTERUS ESMARKII; SQUALUS ACANTHIUS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHERY; FISHING IMPACT; GROUNDFISH FISHERIES; GROUNDFISH FISHERY; LONG-TERM CHANGES; POPULATION TREND;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030304936     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5738     Document Type: Article

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