Ecosystem effects of the three capelin stock collapses in the Barents Sea

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-53

  Gjøsæter, Harald ^a   Bogstad, Bjarte ^a   Tjelmeland, Sigurd ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Capelin; Ecological effects; Stock collapse

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; STOCK COLLAPSE; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

AVES; MALLOTUS (FISH); PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 58149216393     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000802454866     Document Type: Article

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