Scaling restoration of American lobsters: Combined demographic and discounting model for an exploited species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 264, Issue , 2003, Pages 177-196

  French McCay, Deborah P ^a   Gibson, Mark ^b   Stanley Cobb, J ^c  

^a Applied Science Associates Inc   (United States)

^b RI Dept of Environmental Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

American lobster; Fishery; Interim loss; Limiting factor; Natural resource damage assessment; North Cape oil spill; Population model; Restoration

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; LIMITING FACTOR; LOBSTER; OIL SPILL; POPULATION MODELING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; NEPHROPIDAE;

EID: 1642564086     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps264177     Document Type: Review

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