Ichthyoplankton community structure in the northwest Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada): Past and present

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 412, Issue , 2010, Pages 189-205

  Bui, Alice O V ^a,b   Ouellet, Patrick ^a   Castonguay, Martin ^a   Brêthes, Jean Claude ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community change; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Ichthyoplankton assemblages; Multivariate analyses; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

AMMODYTES; CITHARICHTHYS ARCTIFRONS; GADIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; GAIDROPSARIDAE; GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLUCCIIDAE; PEPRILUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES; SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS; SEBASTES; STICHAEIDAE;

EID: 77955979831     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08687     Document Type: Article

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