'Fishing down marine food webs' and spatial expansion of coastal fisheries in India, 1950-2000

Fisheries Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Bhathal, Brajgeet ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fishing down marine food webs; Fishing in Balance index; India; Mean Trophic Level; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PENAEIDAE; SARDINELLA LONGICEPS;

EID: 41949107811     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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