New hypothesis helps explain elasmobranch "outburst" on Georges Bank in the 1980s

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 234-245

  Frisk, M G ^a   Miller, T J ^b   Martell, S J D ^c   Sosebee, K ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Georges Bank; Leucoraja ocellata; Regime shift; Scotian Shelf; Winter skate

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONNECTIVITY; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCHII; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCHII; POPULATION GROWTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE COD; GEORGES BANK; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTIA SHELF; UNITED STATES;

ELASMOBRANCHII; LEUCORAJA OCELLATA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 42149149858     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1392.1     Document Type: Article

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