Changes in the trophic level of Portuguese landings and fish market price variation in the last decades

Fisheries Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-222

  Baeta, Filipa ^a   José Costa, Maria ^a   Cabral, Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fishing down the food web; Fishing in balance index; Landings; Log relative price index; Portugal; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849090755     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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