The use of sedimentary fish remains for interpretation of long-term fish population fluctuations

Marine Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 177-195

  O'Connell, J M ^a   Tunnicliffe, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish scales; Marine history; Population fluctuations; Proxy; Saanich Inlet; Sediment cores

Indexed keywords

FISH;

BIOMASS; BONE; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARVE;

CANADA;

EID: 0343408489     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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