Inverse modelling of trophic flows through an entire ecosystem: The northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in the mid-1980s

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2194-2214

  Savenkoff, Claude ^a   Castonguay, Martin ^a   Vézina, Alain F ^b   Despatie, Simon Pierre ^a,d   Chabot, Denis ^a   Morissette, Lyne ^a,c   Hammill, Mike O ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; FISHING MORTALITY; GADOID; STOCK COLLAPSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GADUS MORHUA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; INVERTEBRATA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; SEBASTES;

EID: 17144424293     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F04-154     Document Type: Article

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