Lobsters as keystone: Only in unfished ecosystems?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 275, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-72

  Eddy, Tyler D ^a   Pitcher, Tony J ^b   MacDiarmid, Alison B ^c   Byfield, Tamsen T ^a   Tam, Jamie C ^a,d   Jones, Timothy T ^a,d   Bell, James J ^a   Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE); Ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM); Food web; Historical ecology; History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP); Lobster (Jasus); Marine reserve (MR); New Zealand; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENTS; FOOD WEBS; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LOBSTER (JASUS); MARINE ANIMALS; MARINE RESERVE; NEW ZEALAND;

ARCHES; FISHERIES; SHELLFISH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORAL REEF; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FOOD WEB; LOBSTER; MARINE PARK; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAPUTERANGA MARINE RESERVE; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 84891893812     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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