Conservation value of historical data: reconstructing stock dynamic of turbot (Psetta maxima) during the last century in the Eastern North Sea

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Cardinale M, Linder M, Bartolino V, Maiorano L, Casini M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Historical population dynamics · Shifting baselines · Research data · Sustainability; Kattegat; Turbot
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11585/721595; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08076

A quasi-complete time series of biomass, maximum body size and spatial distribution was reconstructed for turbot Psetta maxima L. in the Kattegat-Skagerrak based on standardized research surveys extending back to 1925. Here we show that biomass has declined by about 86% over the time series, maximum...