Was overfishing of predatory fish responsible for a lobster-induced regime shift in the Benguela?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 273, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-150

  Blamey, Laura K ^a   Plagányi, Éva E ^a,b   Branch, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abalone; Ecosystem model; Predator; Regime shift; Rock lobster; Urchin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRIME; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES;

ABALONE; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; PREDATOR; REGIME SHIFT; URCHIN;

SHELLFISH;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH; HARVESTING; KELP FOREST; LOBSTER; MACROALGA; OVERFISHING; PREDATOR; SNAIL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA;

HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS MIDAE; JASUS LALANDII; LOBSTER; PARECHINUS ANGULOSUS;

EID: 84888789753     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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