Fishing down the food web of the Antarctic continental shelf and slope

Polar Record

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-107

  Ainley, David G ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^b  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTACEAN; FISHING; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; PERCIFORM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84890530068     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247412000757     Document Type: Article

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