Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Management of Baltic cod stock requires an ecosystem approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 431, Issue , 2011, Pages 293-297

  MÖllmann, Christian ^a   Blenckner, Thorsten ^b   Casini, Michele ^c   Gårdmark, Anna ^d   Lindegren, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Marine Research   (Sweden)

^d Institute of Coastal Research   (Sweden)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baltic cod; Climate; Ecosystem approach; Hysteresis; Regime shifts; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EXPLOITATION; EYE; GADOID; HYSTERESIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; STOCK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GADUS CALLARIAS;

EID: 79958286563     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09205     Document Type: Review

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