The implications of ecosystem dynamics for fisheries management: A case study of selected fisheries in the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-428

  Dhoray, Shanta ^a   Teelucksingh, Sonja Sabita ^b  

^a Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Caribbean; Ecosystem dynamics; Fisheries management; Gulf of Paria; Multispecies fisheries vector autoregressive analysis (VAR); Trinidad; Trophic linkages

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

AUTOREGRESSIVE ANALYSIS; BY-CATCH; CARIBBEAN; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; GULF OF PARIUM; MULTI-SPECIES; MULTISPECIES FISHERY VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE ANALYSE; TRINIDAD; TROPHIC LINKAGES;

FISHERIES;

BYCATCH; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPHIC CASCADE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GULF OF PARIA; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PARIA;

EID: 34548013547     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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