Recruitment of lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus in relation to density dependence and zooplankton composition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 249-258

  Van Deur, Mikael ^a   Van Hal, Ralf ^b   Tomczak, MacIej T ^a   Jónasdóttir, Sigrún H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Calanus finmarchicus; Climate change; Density dependency; Match mismatch hypothesis; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EEL; EGG PRODUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS;

EID: 65649107269     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07960     Document Type: Article

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