Top-down control of lobster in the Gulf of Maine: Insights from local ecological knowledge and research surveys

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 403, Issue , 2010, Pages 181-191

  Boudreau, Stephanie A ^a   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American lobster; Atlantic; Ecosystem effects of fishing; Gulf of Maine; Local ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; LOBSTER; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF MAINE; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 77954105646     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08473     Document Type: Article

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