Management implications of interactions between fisheries and sandeel-dependent seabirds and seals in the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 261-269

  Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Bioenergetics; Conservation; Fishery management; Harvesting; Industrial fishing; Predator prey interactions; Top predator; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; NATURE CONSERVATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VIRTUAL POPULATION ANALYSIS;

NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES MARINUS; GADIFORMES; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; LARUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PHOCIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0036526046     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2001.1155     Document Type: Article

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