Long-term variation in the abundance of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (L.) population of the German Bight and possible causes for its interannual variability

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Siegel, V ^a   Groger J ^b   Neudecker, T ^a   Damm, U ^a   Jansen, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Ostseefischerei   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown shrimp; Crangon crangon; Fishery; Long term variability; Predation; River runoff; Stock density; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRIMP FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GADOID; SHRIMP CULTURE; SPAWNING; TIME SERIES; WATER DEPTH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST FRIESLAND; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ELBE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH FRIESLAND; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; WORLD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

CRANGON; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; GADIFORMES;

EID: 12444300205     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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