Presence of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) may increase exploitable fish biomass in the Strait of Georgia

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 87, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Li, Lingbo ^a   Ainsworth, Cameron ^b   Pitcher, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG) Americas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL FISH; ECOPATH; GEORGIA; HARBOUR SEAL; MODEL PARAMETERIZATION; PACIFIC HAKE; PHOCA VITULINA; TARGET SPECIES; TOTAL BIOMASS;

FISHERIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; CLUPEOID FISHERY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH; GADOID FISHERY; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VULNERABILITY;

STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 78649791139     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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