Distribution of benthic megafauna in the Barents Sea: Baseline for an ecosystem approach to management

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 595-613

  Jørgensen, Lis Lindal ^a   Ljubin, Pavel ^b   Skjoldal, Hein Rune ^a   Ingvaldsen, Randi B ^a   Anisimova, Natalia ^b   Manushin, Igor ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO)   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arctic; Barents Sea; biogeography; biomass; bottom trawling; climate change; fish assessment; new species; trawl survey

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAWLING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

ACTINIARIA; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CHACEON AFFINIS; CHIONOECETES OPILIO; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 84922574016     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu106     Document Type: Article

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