Compensation in exploited marine fish communities on the Scotian Shelf, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 336, Issue , 2007, Pages 235-247

  Shackell, Nancy L ^a   Frank, Kenneth T ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory dynamics; Condition index; Fishing effects; Growth rate; Large bodied marine fish; Species evenness; Trophic control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHING; GADOID; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; TRAJECTORY; TROPHIC CONTROL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

EID: 34249939114     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps336235     Document Type: Article

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