Changing levels of predation on benthos as a result of exploitation of fish populations

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Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 578-582

  Frid, Chris L J ^a,f   Hansson, Sture ^b,f   Ragnarsson, Stefan A ^c,d,f   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan ^e,f   Steingrimsson, Sigmar A ^c,d,f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c c/o Biotechnology House   (Iceland)

^d MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Netherlands Inst for Fish Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREDATION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033369945     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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50. Acknowledgements. The work described here was carried out during a meeting of the ICES Working Group on the Ecosystem Effects of Fishing. We wish to thank the staff and secretariate of ICES for bring the authors together and allowing us to address this interesting topic, and the other members of the Working Group for providing intellectual stimulation and advice during this study.
51. First submitted 10 August 1998. Accepted for production after revision 26 April 1999.