Integrated risk analysis for rare marine species impacted by fishing: Sustainability assessment and population trend modelling

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-280

  Zhou, Shijie ^a   Milton, David A ^a   Fry, Gary C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Data poor; Ecological risk assessment; Life history parameter; Presenceabsence; Shrimp trawling; Zero inflated distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; FISHING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; PRAWN FISHERY; RARE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNAKE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAWLING; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYDROPHIIDAE;

EID: 84857279446     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss009     Document Type: Article

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