Inferring the location and scale of mixing between habitat areas of lesser sandeel through information from the fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Jensen, Henrik ^a   Rindorf, Anna ^a   Wright, Peter J ^b   Mosegaard, Henrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fishery cooperation; Habitat mapping; Sandeel; Scale of mixing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EEL; FEEDING GROUND; FISHING GEAR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAPPING METHOD; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79951982724     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq154     Document Type: Article

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