Scenario testing of fisheries management strategies using a high resolution ERSEM-POM ecosystem model

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1627-1640

  Petihakis, G ^a   Smith, C J ^a   Triantafyllou, G ^a   Sourlantzis, G ^a   Papadopoulou, K N ^a   Pollani, A ^a   Korres, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecosystem model; Management scenarios; Trawling impact

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MODEL TEST; MORTALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAWLING;

EID: 44649094155     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm161     Document Type: Article

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