An integrated approach for assessing the relative significance of human pressures and environmental forcing on the status of Large Marine Ecosystems

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 132-148

  Kenny, Andrew J ^a   Skjoldal, Hein Rune ^b   Engelhard, Georg H ^a   Kershaw, Peter J ^a   Reid, James B ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CALANUS; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MONITORING; NORTH SEA; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; PILOT STUDIES; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PRESSURE VARIABLES; REGIME SHIFT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL GRADIENTS; TIME LAG; TOPDOWN; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FISHERIES; INTEGRATED CONTROL; OCEAN HABITATS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CALANUS;

EID: 67651210694     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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