Biodiversity of North Sea fish: Why do the politicians care but marine scientists appear oblivious to this issue?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1515-1519

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem approach to marine management; Indicators; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 50149089922     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn102     Document Type: Review

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