How community ecology links natural mortality, growth, and production of fish populations

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1978-1984

  Andersen, K H ^a   Farnsworth, K D ^b   Pedersen, M ^c   Gislason, H ^a   Beyer, J E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life history invariants; Size spectrum

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PREDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 67650799125     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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