Development of the EcoQO for the North Sea fish community

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Rogers, Stuart I ^b   Rice, Jake C ^c   Piet, Gerjan J ^d   Guirey, Emma J ^a   Fraser, Helen M ^a   Fryer, Rob J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demersal fish community; Ecological quality objectives; Large fish indicator (LFI); North Sea; OSPAR; State indicators

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BODY SIZE; DATABASE; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79951962334     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq156     Document Type: Review

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