Underappreciated species in ecology: "Ugly fish" in the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2037-2060

  Link, Jason S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentho demersal; Biomass trade offs; Ecological redundancy; Fish community; Fisheries; Food web dynamics; Functional role; Georges Bank; Ignored species; Sequential depletion; Species replacements; Species shifts

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMERSAL FISHERY; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GEORGES BANK;

ANARHICHADIDAE; COTTIDAE; LOPHIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIET; ECOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIET; ECOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 39049120947     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1154.1     Document Type: Article

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