Marine ecosystem assessment in a fisheries management context

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1429-1440

  Link, Jason S ^a   Brodziak, Jon K T ^a   Edwards, Steve F ^a   Overholtz, William J ^a   Mountain, David ^a   Jossi, Jack W ^a   Smith, Tim D ^a   Fogarty, Michael J ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036435049     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-115     Document Type: Article

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