Decadal changes in the North Sea food web between 1981 and 1991 - Implications for fish stock assessment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2586-2602

  Kempf, Alexander ^a   Floeter, Jens ^a   Temming, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD WEB; RECRUITMENT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK COLLAPSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

GADUS MORHUA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 33846179404     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-147     Document Type: Article

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