Functional diversity in a marine fish community

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 791-796

  Gifford, Dian J ^a   Collie, Jeremy S ^a   Steele, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Georges Bank; Marine fish; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPENSATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

EID: 66249110279     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp076     Document Type: Article

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