Effects of local fisheries and ocean productivity on the northeastern Ionian Sea ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1526-1544

  Piroddi, Chiara ^a,b   Giovanni, Bearzi ^b   Villy, Christensen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; Fishing impact; Food web model; Ionian Sea; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; FISHING IMPACT; FOOD WEB MODEL; IONIAN SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MAMMALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; POACHING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTECTED AREA; TIME SERIES;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 77952100495     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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