Mechanisms of long-term decline in size of lesser sandeels in the North Sea explored using a growth and phenology model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 432, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-147

  Frederiksen, Morten ^a,b,c   Elston, David A ^d   Edwards, Martin ^c   Mann, Alec D ^d   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Growth model; MCMC; North Sea; Phenology; Sandeel

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; EEL; ENERGY BALANCE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING DATE; LIFE HISTORY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE AT MATURITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; COPEPODA; FRATERCULA ARCTICA;

EID: 79959710004     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09177     Document Type: Article

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