The effects of fishing on sharks, rays, and chimaeras (chondrichthyans), and the implications for marine ecosystems

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 476-494

  Stevens, J D ^a   Bonfil, R ^b,c   Dulvy, N K ^d   Walker, P A ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community structure; ECOSIM; Ecosystem; Elasmobranchs; Extinction; Fishing effects; Mass balance model; Population impacts; Species replacement; Species vulnerability; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISHING MORTALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

(NORTH); HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VENEZUELA;

ANTHOZOA; BATOIDEA; CHIMAERIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; HAWAIIA; PISCES; PRISTIS PRISTIS; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0033740604     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2000.0724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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