Demersal fish biomass size spectra on the Scotian Shelf, Canada: Species replacement at the shelfwide scale

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1725-1735

  Duplisea, Daniel E ^a,b   Kerr, Stephen R ^a   Dickie, Lloyd M ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEMERSAL FISH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES REPLACEMENT; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC; SECOTIAN SHELF;

EID: 0031442742     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-077     Document Type: Article

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