Spatial And Temporal Changes In The Groundfish Assemblages On The Northeast Newfoundland Labrador Shelf, North-West Atlantic, 1978-1991

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: Gomes, Mc, Haedrich, Rl, Villagarcia, Mg
• Other Authors: 36913958800, 7003694219, 15749570100, 1703327, 305142, 7984713, WOS:GOMES, MC, WOS:HAEDRICH, RL, WOS:VILLAGARCIA, MG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: 3105 Peces y fauna silvestre; 310510 Dinámica de las poblaciones; Demersal Fish Assemblages; Scotian Shelf; Deep; Groundfish Assemblages; Biogeography; Ocean Environment; Biomass Decline; Spatial Dynamics; Fishery; Labrador Shelf; Newfoundland; North West Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/73037; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.1995.tb00065.x

From 1978 to 1991, biomass and abundance have declined in members of the marine fish community on the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf. This decline was common to all commercial groundfish and to many noncommercial ones as well. Since about 1985, the biomass decline has been accompanied by major shifts i...