Beyond the defaults: Functional response parameter space and ecosystem-level fishing thresholds in dynamic food web model simulations

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2077-2094

  Gaichas, Sarah K ^a,d   Odell, Garrett ^b   Aydin, Kerim Y ^a   Francis, Robert C ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITIVORY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84871021980     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-099     Document Type: Article

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