Ecosystem effects of bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus thynnus aquaculture in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 456, Issue , 2012, Pages 215-231

  Forrestal, F ^a   Coll, M ^b,c,d   Die, D J ^a   Christensen, V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c Ecopath International Initiative Association   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Capture based aquaculture; Ecopath with Ecosim; Food web model; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; PELAGIC FISH; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; TUNA FISHERY;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 84862216529     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09700     Document Type: Article

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