Marine Ecology Progress Series
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10154
copiedSubarctic fish and crustacean populations—climate effects and trophic dynamics
ABSTRACT: This Theme Section reviews the ecological role of large marine decapods, presents selected case studies, and features comparative analyses of the dynamics of fish and crustacean populations and their interactions across several subarctic ecosystems. Collectively, the studies described here highlight the role of climate and predation in regulating fish and crustacean populations in these systems. The Theme Section has resulted from the activities of ESSAS (Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas) Working Group 4 on ‘Climate Effects at Upper Trophic Levels’.
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Franz J. Mueter (Co-author)
- School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Juneau, Alaska 99801, USA
Earl G. Dawe (Co-author)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, PO Box 5667, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5X1, Canada
Ólafur K. Pálsson (Co-author)
- Marine Research Institute, Skúlagata 4, PO Box 1390, IS-121 Reykjavík, Iceland