The certainty of uncertainty in marine conservation and what to do about it

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-195

  Bednarek, Angela T ^a   Cooper, Andrew B ^b   Cresswell, Katherine A ^c   Mangel, Marc ^c   Satterthwaite, William H ^c   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^d   Wiedenmann, John R ^c,e  

^a PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MRAG Americas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRUSTACEAN; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; FISHERY MODELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79955543223     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2010.1060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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