Biomass accumulation across trophic levels: Analysis of landings for the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 512, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-216

  Pranovi, Fabio ^a   Libralato, Simone ^b   Zucchetta, Matteo ^a   Link, Jason ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative biomass curve; Environmental factors; Landings data; Mediterranean Sea; Sensitivity analysis; Trophic level; Trophodynamic indicators

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDARDIZATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84907955846     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10881     Document Type: Article

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