Six decades of pike and perch population dynamics in Windermere

Fisheries Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Langangen, Øystein ^a   Edeline, Eric ^b   Ohlberger, Jan ^a   Winfield, Ian J ^c   Fletcher, Janice M ^c   James, J Ben ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Vøllestad, L Asbjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structured population models; Fish stock assessment; Hyperdepletion; Intraguild predation; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 79952709169     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.01.029     Document Type: Article

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