Ecological indicators based on trophic spectrum as a tool to assess ecosystems fishing impacts

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 927-934

  Kantoussan, Justin ^a,c   Marc Ecoutin, Jean ^e   Fontenelle, Guy ^b   Morais, Luis Tito de ^a   Laë, Raymond ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c IUPA Cheikh A Diop University   (Senegal)

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^e Ctr Rech Halieutique IFREMER/IRD   (France)

Author keywords

African reservoirs; Ecological indicators; Mean trophic level; Trophic spectrum

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN RESERVOIRS; ARTISANAL FISHERIES; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; FISHING IMPACT; FRESHWATER RESERVOIRS; SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES; TOP PREDATOR; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

FISHERIES;

ECOLOGY;

CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESERVOIR; SPECTRUM; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

KAYES; LAKE MANANTALI; LAKE SELINGUE; MALI; SIKASSO;

MALIA; PISCES;

EID: 77951298443     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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