Assembly rules for aggregate-species production models: Simulations in support of management strategy evaluation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 459, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-292

  Gaichas, Sarah ^a,b   Gamble, Robert ^b   Fogarty, Michael ^b   Benoît, Hugues ^c   Essington, Tim ^d   Fu, Caihong ^e   Koen Alonso, Mariano ^f   Link, Jason ^b  

^a NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^f NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological reference points; Competition; Ecosystem based fishery management; Multiple objectives; Predation; Species complexes; Surplus production models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FISHING COMMUNITY; GUILD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; OPTIMIZATION; OVERFISHING; PREDATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84863850764     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09650     Document Type: Article

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