Long-term trends in juvenile flatfish indicate a dramatic reduction in nursery function of the Balgzand intertidal, Dutch Wadden Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-154

  Van Der Veer, Henk W ^a   Koot, Joris ^a   Aarts, Geert ^a,b   Dekker, Rob ^a   Diderich, Willem ^a,b   Freitas, Vânia ^a,c   Witte, Johannes I J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthos fish interaction; Flounder; Nursery function; Plaice; Platichthys flesus; Pleuronectes platessa; Predation; Top down control; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLATFISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NURSERY GROUND; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALGZAND; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 79961041711     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09209     Document Type: Article

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