Balancing exploitation and conservation of the eastern Scotian Shelf ecosystem: Application of a 4D ecosystem exploitation index

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-510

  Bundy, Alida ^a   Fanning, Paul ^b   Zwanenburg, Kees C T ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Disturbance index; Ecosystem exploitation index; Ecosystem indicator; Species richness; Trophic balance index; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXPLOITATION; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCOTIA SHELF; WORLD;

EID: 17044384605     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.12.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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