Modelling multi-species interactions in the Barents Sea ecosystem with special emphasis on minke whales and their interactions with cod, herring and capelin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 2068-2079

  Lindstrøm, Ulf ^a   Smout, Sophie ^b   Howell, Daniel ^a   Bogstad, Bjarte ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Capelin; Minke whales; Multi species modelling; Northeast Arctic cod; Norwegian spring spawning herring

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; CAPELIN; MINKE WHALES; MULTI-SPECIES MODELLING; NORTHEAST ARCTIC COD; NORWEGIAN SPRING-SPAWNING HERRING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHERIES; MAMMALS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; CANNIBALISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUPEOID FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; MODELING; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TELEOST; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BOREOGADUS; CETACEA; CLUPEIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349260522     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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