Using cross-correlations to assess the relationship between time-lagged pressure and state indicators: An exemplary analysis of North Sea fish population indicators

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 670-681

  Probst, Wolfgang Nikolaus ^a   Stelzenmüller, Vanessa ^a   Fock, Heino Ove ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecosystem indicator; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; responsiveness; sensitivity; size based metric; specificity; stock size structure; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FISHING MORTALITY; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARICULTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

MELANOGRAMMUS; PLEURONECTES; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 84859853081     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss015     Document Type: Article

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