Measuring marine fish biodiversity: Temporal changes in abundance, life history and demography

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1454, 2005, Pages 315-338

  Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^a   Baum, Julia K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity index; Collapse; Fisheries; Marine conservation biology; Multi species index; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCK COLLAPSE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); WORLD;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GADUS MORHUA; SOLEA SOLEA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18344378069     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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