Adverse feedback sequences in exploited marine systems: are deliberate interruptive actions warranted?

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-333

  Bakun, Andrew ^a   Weeks, Scarla J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; Ecosystem based fishery management; Nonlinear dynamics; Northern Benguela LME; Population dynamics; Predator pit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33750618187     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2006.00229.x     Document Type: Review

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