Food web indicators under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: From complexity to simplicity?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 246-254

  Rombouts, I ^a   Beaugrand, G ^a   Fizzala, X ^b   Gaill, F ^c   Greenstreet, S P R ^d   Lamare, S ^c,e   Le Loc'H, F ^f   McQuatters Gollop, A ^g   Mialet, B ^e   Niquil, N ^c,e,h   Percelay, J ⁱ   Renaud, F ^b,f   Rossberg, A G ^j,k   Feral J P ^b  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Institut Ecologie et Environnement   (France)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^g THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

ⁱ Ministere de l'Ecologie de l'Energie du Developpement Durable et de la Mer   (France)

^j CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^k QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Descriptor 4; Dynamics; Good Environmental Status; Management; Marine; MSFD

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DESCRIPTORS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD WEBS; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MARINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE FOOD WEB; MSFD; VARIABLE FOCUS;

DYNAMICS; MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84873879465     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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