Human dimensions of climate change and fisheries in a coupled system: The Atlantic surfclam case

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1354-1367

  McCay, Bonnie J ^a   Brandt, Sylvia ^b   Creed, Carolyn F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic surfclam; co management; coupled systems analysis; individual transferable quotas; shellfish management

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; SHELLFISH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 79959500529     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr044     Document Type: Article

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