Different surveys provide similar pictures of trends in a marine fish community but not of individual fish populations

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-362

  Trenkel, Verena M ^a   Pinnegar, John K ^b   Rochet, Marie Joëlle ^a   Rackham, Brian D ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Celtic Sea; Size spectrum; Species diversity; Survey; Trawl

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 2342623349     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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