Trophic indicators in fisheries: A call for re-evaluation

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hornborg, Sara ^a,b   Belgrano, Andrea ^c   Bartolino, Valerio ^c   Valentinsson, Daniel ^c   Ziegler, Friederike ^a  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discard; Fisheries; Management; MTL; PPR; Seafood

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFOOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; FISH; FISHERY; FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872012947     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1050     Document Type: Article

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