Contributions of food web modelling to the ecosystem approach to marine resource management in the Mediterranean Sea

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-88

  Coll, Marta ^a,b   Libralato, Simone ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem approach; Ecosystem traits; Human impacts; Mediterranean Sea; Trophic models

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUACULTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC FISH; PLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATOR; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84855326505     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00420.x     Document Type: Review

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