Comparative analysis of European wide marine ecosystem shifts: A large-scale approach for developing the basis for cosystem-based management

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-486

  Möllmann, Christian ^a   Conversi, Alessandra ^b,d   Edwards, Martin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Istituto Gas Ionizzati   (Italy)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem regime shifts; Eutrophication; Fisheries; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FOOD CHAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FOOD CHAIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GERMANY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80051681145     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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