Modelling food web interactions, variation in plankton production, and fisheries in the western English Channel ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 309, Issue , 2006, Pages 175-187

  Araújo, Júlio N ^a   Mackinson, Steve ^b   Stanford, Richard J ^c   Sims, David W ^d   Southward, Alan J ^d   Hawkins, Stephen J ^d   Ellis, Jim R ^b   Hart, Paul J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecopath; Ecosystem approach; English Channel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FISHERY; FOOD WEB; INCLUSION; MORTALITY; PLANKTON; SIMULATION; TROPHIC CASCADE; VULNERABILITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645864353     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps309175     Document Type: Article

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