Food subsidies from fisheries to continental shelf benthic scavengers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 267-276

  Kaiser, Michel J ^a   Hiddink, Jan Geert ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic scavengers; Energy subsidies; Fishing disturbance; Model

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARRION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING; FOOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; SCAVENGER; SEABIRD; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 37849054585     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07194     Document Type: Article

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