Toward an ecosystem approach to fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea: Multi-gear/multi-species implications from an ecosystem model of the Greek Ionian Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 113-114, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-28

  Moutopoulos, Dimitrios K ^a   Libralato, Simone ^b   Solidoro, Cosimo ^b   Stergiou, Konstantinos I ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecosystem approach; Ecosystem based management; Food web model; Ionian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Multi gear fishery

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB MODEL; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FISHERIES; LANDING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BYCATCH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84875253179     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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