Recent data suggest no further recovery in North Sea Large Fish Indicator

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-239

  Fung, Tak ^a   Farnsworth, Keith D ^a   Reid, David G ^b   Rossberg, Axel G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community ecology; EAFM; LFI; MSFD; North Sea; OSPAR

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FISH; RECOVERY PLAN; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84857261170     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr206     Document Type: Article

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