Toward sustainable ecosystem services from the Aleutian Archipelago

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 277-291

  Schumacher, J D ^a   Kruse, Gordon H ^b  

^a Two Crow Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Islands; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Human use; Integrative management approach

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHIPELAGO; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; EXTINCTION; FISH; FISHERY OCEANOGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; RESEARCH WORK;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AETHIA PYGMAEA; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; HYDRODAMALIS GIGAS; LIMULUS; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS; SEBASTES ALUTUS; ENHYDRA;

EID: 28344454425     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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