Synthesizing lessons learned from comparing fisheries production in 13 northern hemisphere ecosystems: Emergent fundamental features

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 459, Issue , 2012, Pages 293-302

  Link, Jason S ^a   Gaichas, Sarah ^b   Miller, Thomas J ^c   Essington, Tim ^d   Bundy, Alida ^e   Boldt, Jennifer ^f   Drinkwater, Ken F ^g   Moksness, Erlend ^h  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^f PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^g BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggregate biomass estimates; Ecosystem comparison; Environmental covariates; Fisheries management; Hierarchical analysis; Multispecies models; Surplus production

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84863817275     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09829     Document Type: Article

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