Patterns and processes of habitat-specific demographic variability in exploited marine species

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 638-647

  Vasconcelos, Rita P ^a   Eggleston, David B ^b   Le Pape, Olivier ^c   Tulp, Ingrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coastal area; demographic rates; fish; habitat; invertebrates; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; IMMIGRATION; INVERTEBRATE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITIZATION; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84899121270     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst136     Document Type: Article

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