Transient dynamics of an altered large marine ecosystem

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7362, 2011, Pages 86-91

  Frank, Kenneth T ^a   Petrie, Brian ^a   Fisher, Jonathan A D ^b   Leggett, William C ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERFISHING; PERTURBATION; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; FISHERY; FISHING; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SHELF;

PISCES;

EID: 80052396033     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10285     Document Type: Article

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