An index of optimum sustainable population for the Pacific Walrus

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-43

  Maccracken, James G ^a   Lemons, Patrick R ^a   Garlich Miller, Joel L ^a   Snyder, Jonathan A ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine mammal; Monitoring; Policy; Population objective; Subsistence harvest

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FISHERIES; HARVESTING; MAMMALS; MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY;

BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; MARINE MAMMALS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION LEVELS; POPULATION OBJECTIVE; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE APPROACH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARRYING CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HARVESTING; INDEX METHOD; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLICY; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; PINNIPED; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896536858     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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