Why the size structure of marine communities can require decades to recover from fishing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 484, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-171

  Fung, Tak ^a   Farnsworth, Keith D ^a   Shephard, Samuel ^b   Reid, David G ^c   Rossberg, Axel G ^a,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Ecosystem approach to fisheries management; Extinction; Fisheries indicators; Food web; Resilience; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FOOD WEB; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURATION; POPULATION MODELING; SIMULATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84879378333     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10305     Document Type: Article

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