Global fishery development patterns are driven by profit but not trophic level

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 12163-12167

  Sethi, Suresh A ^a   Branch, Trevor A ^a   Watson, Reg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic value; Ecosystem management; Food webs; Global fisheries; Indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISHERY; FISHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955442836     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003236107     Document Type: Article

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