Harvesting red sea urchins: Recent effects and future predictions

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 298-310

  Pfister, Catherine A ^a,c   Bradbury, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Exploitation; Fishery models; Harvesting; Northeast Pacific; Population viability; Recruitment variability; Red sea urchins; Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS;

EID: 0000117064     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269573     Document Type: Article

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