Analyzing the tradeoffs among ecological and fishing effects on an example fish community: A multispecies (fisheries) production model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2570-2582

  Gamble, Robert J ^a   Link, Jason S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological reference points; Competition; Ecological interactions; Ecosystem based fishery management; Multispecies; Northeast United States LME; Northwest Atlantic; Predation; Production model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL REFERENCE POINTS; ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; MULTISPECIES; NORTHEAST UNITED STATES LME; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; PREDATION; PRODUCTION MODEL;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; FISHERIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FINFISH; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK IDENTIFICATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949132899     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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