Nine decades of North Sea sole and plaice distribution

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1090-1104

  Engelhard, Georg H ^a   Pinnegar, John K ^a   Kell, Laurence T ^a,b   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate; depth; fishing; latitude; longitude; plaice; sole

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; FLATFISH; LATITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 79957570550     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr031     Document Type: Article

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