Predicting indirect effects of fishing in Mediterranean rocky littoral communities using a dynamic simulation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 172, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 249-267

  Pinnegar, John K ^a,b   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; Marine protected areas; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHING; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BAY OF CALVI; CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-CORSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLENNIOIDEI; CEPHALOPODA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 1242276379     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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