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This article focuses on the analysis of coastal fish communities along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. Species numbers are estimated based on annual samples of the fish communities within 12 fjords from 1953 to 1994. On this basis, a community dynamics model (incorporating both community-intrinsic and community-extrinsic processes) was developed and analyzed. This model is then discussed on the basis of other community models available through the literature, both phenomenologically oriented and process-oriented models.
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Received: January 17, 2002 / Accepted: May 13, 2002
Acknowledgments We thank Dr. Masakado Kawata for the invi-tation to present this paper at the 19th Symposium of the Society of Population Ecology held in Yamagata, Japan, October 26–28, 2001: “Evolution of Biodiversity: Theories and Facts.” Valuable input was provided after the presentation at this meeting, which we greatly appreciated. The reformulation of the model in terms of ΔS was kindly suggested to us by Prof. Joan Roughgarden. Thanks to Dr. Hildegunn Viljugrein for advice on the BUGS analyses and to two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments. This work has been supported by grants from the Norwegian Science Council (NFR).
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Stenseth, N., Lekve, K. & Gjøsæter, J. Modeling species richness controlled by community-intrinsic and community-extrinsic processes: coastal fish communities as an example. Popul Ecol 44, 0165–0178 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101440200020
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101440200020