Size-selective fishing drives species composition in the Celtic Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-234

  Shephard, Samuel ^a   Fung, Tak ^b   Houle, Jennifer E ^b   Farnsworth, Keith D ^b   Reid, David G ^c   Rossberg, Axel G ^b  

^a Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological quality objective; Ecosystem approach to fisheries management; Fish community; Large fish indicator; Large species indicator; Size structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIZE SELECTION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84857278740     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr200     Document Type: Article

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