Ecological consequences of body size decline in harvested fish species: Positive feedback loops in trophic interactions amplify human impact

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Audzijonyte, Asta ^a   Kuparinen, Anna ^b   Gorton, Rebecca ^a   Fulton, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Contemporary evolution; Ecosystem; Harvesting; Life history; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CATCH STATISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FISH; FISHERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874140363     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1103     Document Type: Article

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