Billfishes in an ecosystem context

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 669-682

  Kitchell, James F ^a   Martell, Steven J D ^b   Walters, Carl J ^b   Jensen, Olaf P ^b   Kaplan, Issac C ^b,e   Watters, Jeffrey ^b   Essington, Timothy E ^c   Boggs, Christopher H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^e ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING GEAR; FISHING MORTALITY; FOOD WEB; LONGLINING; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; SPORT FISHING; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TUNA FISHERY; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; PISCES; TESTUDINES; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 33846513387     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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