Changes in demersal fish assemblages on the west coast of South Africa, 1986-2009

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-170

  Atkinson, L J ^a   Leslie, R W ^b   Field, J G ^a   Jarre, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Branch Fisheries   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Continental slope; Effects of fishing; Multivariate analysis; Regime shift; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEMERSAL FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LATITUDE; MATURATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

JASUS LALANDII;

EID: 79958812737     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2011.572378     Document Type: Article

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