Growth and survival of larval and early juvenile Lesser Sandeel in patchy prey field in the North Sea: An examination using individual-based modeling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 232, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-90

  Gurkan, Zeren ^a   Christensen, Asbjørn ^a   van Deurs, Mikael ^a   Mosegaard, Henrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuous Plankton Recorder; Growth and survival; Individual based model; Lesser Sandeel; Patchiness; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDERS; COPEPOD SIZE SPECTRA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; FISH STOCK; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; LARVAL FISHES; LESSER SANDEEL; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH SEA; PARTICLE COUNTS; PATCHINESS; PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; PREY DENSITY; SEASONALITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS; TIME-SERIES DATA;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; OCEAN HABITATS;

MODELS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; JUVENILE; LARVA; PATCHINESS; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 84858740413     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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