Large marine ecosystems: An emerging paradigm for fishery sustainability

Fisheries

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Sherman, Kenneth ^a   Duda, Alfred M ^b  

^a Northeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b Global Environment Facility   (United States)

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EID: 0001911925     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(1999)024<0015:LME>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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