The Gulf of California: Review of ecosystem status and sustainability challenges

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-26

  Lluch Cota, Salvador E ^a   Aragón Noriega, Eugenio A ^a   Arreguín Sánchez, Francisco ^b   Aurioles Gamboa, David ^b   Jesus Bautista Romero J ^a   Brusca, Richard C ^c   Cervantes Duarte, Rafael ^b   Cortés Altamirano, Roberto ^d   Del Monte Luna, Pablo ^b   Esquivel Herrera, Alfonso ^e   Fernández, Guillermo ^d   Hendrickx, Michel E ^d   Hernández Vázquez, Sergio ^a   Herrera Cervantes, Hugo ^f   Kahru, Mati ^g   Lavín, Miguel ^f   Lluch Belda, Daniel ^b   Lluch Cota, Daniel B ^a   López Martínez, Juana ^a   Marinone, Silvio G ^f   Nevárez Martínez, Manuel O ^h   Ortega García, Sofia ^b   Palacios Castro, Eduardo ^f   Parés Sierra, Alejandro ^f   Ponce Díaz, Germán ^a   Ramírez Rodríguez, Mauricio ^b   Salinas Zavala, Cesar A ^a   Schwartzlose, Richard A ^g   Sierra Beltrán, Arturo P ^a   more..

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem; Fisheries; Gulf of California; Management; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COASTAL ZONES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEXICO; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ENDEMISMS; FISHING; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PALEORECONSTRUCTIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERFISHING; PHENOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33947393636     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.01.013     Document Type: Review

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