Potential for top-down control on tropical tunas interactions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 445, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-277

  Hunsicker, Mary E ^a,d   Olson, Robert J ^b   Essington, Timothy E ^a   Maunder, Mark N ^b   Duffy, Leanne M ^b   Kitchell, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Ecosystem based management; Mesopredator; Predator release; Reproductive value; Size structure; Top down control

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR CONTROL; SHARK FISHERY; SIZE STRUCTURE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

CHONDRICHTHYES; KATSUWONUS; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; PELAMIS; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84856152230     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09494     Document Type: Article

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