Evidence for decrease in size of lesser sandeels Ammodytes marinus in a North Sea aggregation over a 30-yr period

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 279, Issue , 2004, Pages 237-246

  Wanless, S ^a   Wright, P J ^b   Harris, M P ^a   Elston, D A ^c  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic puffin; Climate change; Environmental monitoring; Industrial fishery; Larval growth rate; North Sea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EEL; FECUNDITY; FISHING INDUSTRY; GROWTH RATE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCK COLLAPSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WEE BANKIE; WORLD;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES MARINUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE;

EID: 7044235611     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps279237     Document Type: Article

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