Do changes in environmental and fishing pressures impact marine communities? An empirical assessment

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-750

  Rochet, Marie Joëlle ^a   Trenkel, Verena M ^a   Carpentier, André ^a   Coppin, Franck ^a   de Sola, Luis Gil ^b   Léauté, Jean Pierre ^a   Mahé, Jean Claude ^a   Maiorano, Porzia ^c   Mannini, Alessandro ^d   Murenu, Matteo ^e   Piet, GerJan ^f   Politou, Chrissi Yianna ^g   Reale, Bruno ^h   Spedicato, Maria Teresa ⁱ   Tserpes, George ^g   Bertrand, Jacques A ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^h CIBM   (Italy)

ⁱ COISPA TECNOLOGIA and RICERCA ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Community metrics; Compensation; Ecosystem approach to fisheries; Ecosystem assessment; Functional groups; Groundfish community; Mediterranean; North Atlantic; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPENSATION; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERFISHING; PERTURBATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954389128     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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