Does increasing mortality change the response of fish populations to environmental fluctuations?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 658-665

  Rouyer, Tristan ^a   Sadykov, Alexander ^a   Ohlberger, Jan ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age structured populations; Climate fishing interaction; Demographic change; Exploited fish stocks; Frequency response; Response to the environment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FISHERIES; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84862126280     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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