Greenland halibut diet in the Northwest Atlantic from 1978 to 2003 as an indicator of ecosystem change

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 436-445

  Dwyer, K S ^a   Buren, A ^a,b   Koen Alonso, M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community Changes; Ecosystem; Fish Predator; Indicator

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FLATFISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOCK COLLAPSE; SURVEY; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONATUS; INVERTEBRATA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; PANDALUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES;

EID: 77957369602     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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