The social oceanography of top oceanic predators and the decline of sharks: A call for a new field

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 192-203

  Jacques, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC VALUES; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; FUNCTIONAL CHANGES; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; HUMAN SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL RULES; INTERNATIONAL RULES; INTERNATIONAL SCALE; MARGINALIZATION; MARINE FOOD WEB; MARINE SYSTEMS; PAPER TESTS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; REGIONAL LEVELS; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; UNITED NATIONS; WILD ANIMALS;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACTION PLAN; AQUACULTURE METHOD; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CAPACITY BUILDING; ECONOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; SHARK; SHARK FISHERY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77957116045     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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