The challenges of evaluating competition among marine fishes: Who cares, when does it matter, and what can one do about it?

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 213-247

  Link, Jason S ^a   Auster, Peter J ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIETARY OVERLAP; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 84876205935     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1121     Document Type: Article

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