Redundancy in metrics describing the composition, structure, and functioning of the North Sea demersal fish community

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-22

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Fraser, Helen M ^a   Rogers, Stuart I ^b   Trenkel, Verena M ^c   Simpson, Stephen D ^d   Pinnegar, John K ^b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health; Community size structure; Ecosystem approach to management; Life history trait metrics; Metric suites; Species diversity; State indicators

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 83255173790     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr188     Document Type: Article

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