Historical ecology provides new insights for ecosystem management: Eastern Baltic cod case study

Marine Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-270

  MacKenzie, Brian R ^a,b,c   Ojaveer, Henn ^d   Eero, Margit ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cod; Ecosystem; Fisheries; Management; Marine historical ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID FISHERY; MARINE POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS CALLARIAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78349313719     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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