Considering other consumers: Fisheries, predators, and Atlantic herring in the Gulf of Maine

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Read, Andrew J ^a   Brownstein, Carrie R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; Ecosystem management; Fisheries management; Gulf of Maine; Marine mammals; Piscivores; Protected species; Single species approach; Stock assessment; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879972188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00474-070102     Document Type: Article

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