Compensation and recovery of feeding guilds in a northwest Atlantic shelf fish community

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 382, Issue , 2009, Pages 163-172

  Auster, P J ^a   Link, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthivores; Functional diversity; Functional redundancy; Piscivores; Planktivores; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPENSATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEAN; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHING; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GUILD STRUCTURE; KELP FOREST; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; PISCES;

EID: 66649127881     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07962     Document Type: Article

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