Impacts of environmental change and direct and indirect harvesting effects on the dynamics of a marine fish community

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2088-2104

  Benoît, Hugues P ^a   Swain, Douglas P ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SIMILARITY INDEX; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

PISCES;

EID: 54249141146     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-112     Document Type: Article

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