Economic growth and marine biodiversity: Influence of human social structure on decline of marine trophic levels

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 458-466

  Clausen, Rebecca ^a   York, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological modernization; Environmental Kuznets curve; Marine biodiversity; Marine fisheries; Marine food web; Mean trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD WEB; KUZNETS CURVE; MODERNIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; FISHERIES; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 41849140803     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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