Density-dependent habitat selection in marine flatfish: The dynamic role of ontogeny and temperature

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 183-192

  Laurel, Benjamin J ^a   Stoner, Allan W ^a   Hurst, Thomas P ^a  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Habitat selection; Northern rock sole; Pacific halibut

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLATFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; ONTOGENY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE; TERRITORIALITY;

HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS; LEPIDOPSETTA POLYXYSTRA; PARAPLAGUSIA BILINEATA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 34250827360     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338183     Document Type: Article

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