Fewer but not smaller schools in declining fish and krill populations

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-79

  Brierley, Andrew S ^a   Cox, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; EUPHAUSIACEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOMASS; FISH; FISHERY; KRILL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; EUPHAUSIACEA; FISHERIES; FISHES;

EID: 84920381260     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.062     Document Type: Article

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