Alaska marine fisheries management: Advances and linkages to ecosystem research

Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Fisheries: An Evolving Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 113-152

  Livingston, Patricia A ^a   Aydin, Kerim ^a   Hollowed, Anne B ^a   Napp, Jeffrey M ^a   Boldt, Jennifer L ^b  

^a Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Biological Station Nanaimo ^*

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

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EID: 84861580550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511973956.006     Document Type: Chapter

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