An integrative study to the functioning of the Flemish Cap demersal community

Across the period 1988-2008, the most abundant demersal species were cod, redfish, Northern shrimp and Greenland halibut accounting, as an average, for the 83.5% of total index of biomass every year. The analyses of biomass indices showed that the demersal community experienced notable variations across the period 1988-2008, due to changes in biomass of most of the 67 demersal populations studied. The Dynamic Factor Analysis (DFA) identified common trends in the trajectories of the 31 most abundant species in the demersal community. This suggests that the dynamics of the demersal species in th... Mehr ...