The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-64

  Pikitch, Ellen K ^a   Rountos, Konstantine J ^a   Essington, Timothy E ^b   Santora, Christine ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^c   Watson, Reg ^c   Sumaila, Ussif R ^c   Boersma, P Dee ^b   Boyd, Ian L ^d   Conover, David O ^a   Cury, Philippe ^e   Heppell, Selina S ^f   Houde, Edward D ^g   Mangel, Marc ^h   Plagányi, Éva ⁱ   Sainsbury, Keith ^j   Steneck, Robert S ^k   Geers, Tess M ^a   Gownaris, Natasha ^a   Munch, Stephan B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Ecosystem based management; Fisheries value; Forage fish; Supportive values; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISH; FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

CEPHALOPODA; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 84891627422     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12004     Document Type: Article

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