Fish, seabirds and trophic cascades in the Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 323, Issue , 2006, Pages 233-238

  Österblom, Henrik ^a   Casini, Michele ^b   Olsson, Olof ^c   Bignert, Anders ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c MISTRA   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cod; Common guillemot; Fisheries management; Gadus morhua; Junk food hypothesis; Sprat; Sprattus sprattus; Trophic cascade; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FISH; FLEDGING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PISCIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALCIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 33750607750     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps323233     Document Type: Article

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