Adaptive harvesting in a multiple-species coral-reef food web

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kramer, Daniel B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Coral reefs; Fisheries; Food web; Resilience; Resource economics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORAL REEF; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 50149109663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02314-130117     Document Type: Article

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