Non-additive and non-stationary properties in the spatial distribution of a large marine fish population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1743, 2012, Pages 3635-3642

  Ciannelli, Lorenzo ^a   Bartolino, Valerio ^b,c   Chan, Kung Sik ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Bering sea; Density dependent habitat selection; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLATFISH; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864931501     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0849     Document Type: Article

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