Fishery-Induced Changes in the Subtropical Pacific Pelagic Ecosystem Size Structure: Observations and Theory

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Woodworth Jefcoats, Phoebe A ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEPISAURUS FEROX; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH SELECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHING; GEMPYLUS SERPENS; LONGLINE FISHERY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELAGIC ZONE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THUNNUS OBESUS; TROPHIC CASCADE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HAWAII; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; GEMPYLIDAE; PISCES; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 84876434420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062341     Document Type: Article

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