Potential reasons for the changes in the abundance of pike, Esox lucius, in the western Gulf of Finland, 1939-2007

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 484-491

  Lehtonen, H ^a   Leskinen, E ^a   SeleN ^a   Reinikainen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Baltic Sea; Catch per unit effort; Reproduction; Salinity; Turbidity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SALINITY; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

ESOX LUCIUS;

EID: 70649103270     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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