Global marine primary production constrains fisheries catches

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-505

  Chassot, Emmanuel ^a   Bonhommeau, Sylvain ^a   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^b   Mélin, Frédéric ^c   Watson, Reg ^d   Gascuel, Didier ^e   Le Pape, Olivier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Large Marine Ecosystem; Quantile regression; Sustainable fishing

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CATCH STATISTICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLOITATION; FISHING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAWIFS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHERIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951721021     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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