Overfishing of inland waters

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1041-1051

  Allan, J David ^a   Abell, Robin ^b   Hogan, Zeb ^c   Revenga, Carmen ^d   Taylor, Brad W ^e,f   Welcomme, Robin L ^g   Winemiller, Kirk ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

^g Stoke by Clare   (United Kingdom)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Fish harvest; Fishing down; Freshwater biodiversity; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844461580     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[1041:OOIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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