Effects of altered offshore food webs on coastal ecosystems emphasize the need for cross-ecosystem management

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 786-797

  Eriksson, Britas Klemens ^a   Sieben, Katrin ^a   Eklf, Johan ^b   Ljunggren, Lars ^c   Olsson, Jens ^c   Casini, Michele ^c   Bergstrm, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cod; Commercial fisheries; Human transformation; Mesopredator release; Swedish coast

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; FOOD WEB; GADOID; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PREDATOR; TROPHIC CASCADE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; BALTIC COAST [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ALGAE; GOBIIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 80155184909     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0158-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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