Which ecological indicators can robustly detect effects of fishing?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 540-551

  Fulton, Elizabeth A ^a   Smith, Anthony D M ^a   Punt, André E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Fishery management; Fishing effects; Indicators; Metrics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17044400994     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.12.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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