Coastal salmon farms attract large and persistent aggregations of wild fish: An ecosystem effect

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 385, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-14

  Dempster, T ^a,b   Uglem, I ^c   Sanchez Jerez, P ^d   Fernandez Jover, D ^d   Bayle Sempere, J ^d   Nilsen, R ^e   Bjern, P A ^e  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^e NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic perturbation; Aquaculture; Attraction; Gadus morhua; Pollachius virens; Salmo salar; Sea cage; Wild fish

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CAGE CULTURE; COASTAL WATER; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING; GADOID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARICULTURE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID CULTURE; SAMPLING; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; PISCES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 67650556303     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08050     Document Type: Article

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