Multi-objective assessment of conservation measures for the European eel (Anguilla anguilla): An application to the Camargue lagoons

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1483-1490

  Bevacqua, Daniele ^a   Melià, Paco ^b   Crivelli, Alain J ^c   Gatto, Marino ^b   De Leo, Giulio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Conservation plans; Demographic models; European eel; Multi objective analysis; Pareto analysis; Sustainable fisheries

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; EEL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 35948969332     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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