Response of Pinniped Populations to Directed Harvest, Climate Variability, and Commercial Fishery Activity: A Comparative Analysis

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-124

  Shima, Michiyo ^a   Hollowed, Anne Babcock ^b   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Ecosystem; Fishery interactions; Pinniped; Steller sea lion; Walleye pollock

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 0001978816     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260091129189     Document Type: Article

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