Changes in the temperature/depth niche occupied by demersal fishes in the Northwest Atlantic between 1978 and 1993

Archive of Fishery and Marine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Fischer, Johanne ^a   Haedrich, Richard L ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEMERSAL FISH; DEPTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0033496293     PISSN: 09441921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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