Major changes in the Georges Bank ecosystem, 1980s to the 1990s

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-91

  Mountain, David G ^a   Kane, Joseph ^b  

^a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cod; Ecosystem changes; Georges Bank; Haddock; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GADOID; HATCHING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK;

GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 74049126955     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08323     Document Type: Article

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