Density dependence in marine fish populations revealed at small and large spatial scales

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-325

  Johnson, Darren W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Mortality; Open populations; Population regulation; Predation; Recruitment limitation; Reef fish; Rockfish; Sebastes

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION REGULATION;

SEBASTES; SEBASTES ATROVIRENS;

EID: 33644846224     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1665     Document Type: Article

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