Changes in the North Sea fish community: Evidence of indirect effects of fishing?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Daan, Niels ^a   Gislason, Henrik ^b   Pope, John G ^c   Rice, Jake C ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Old Rectory   (United Kingdom)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community metrics; Direct and indirect effects of fishing; Lmax spectra; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FISHING EFFORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 13844280745     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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