Sharks and tunas: Fisheries impacts on predators with contrasting life histories

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 735-748

  Schindler, Daniel E ^a   Essington, Timothy E ^b,c,d   Kitchell, James F ^b   Boggs, Chris ^c   Hilborn, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Bioenergetics; Blue shark vs. yellowfin tuna; Exploitation; Food web; Longline fisheries; Marine conservation; Pacific Ocean; Predation; Prionace glauca; Shark finning; Thunnus albacare

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATOR;

(CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRIONACE GLAUCA; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0036628227     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0735:SATFIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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