Qualitative mathematical models to support ecosystem-based management of Australia's Northern Prawn Fishery

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 278-298

  Dambacher, Jeffrey M ^a   Rothlisberg, Peter C ^a   Loneragan, Neil R ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banana prawn; Fleet dynamics; Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia; Northern prawn fishery; Opportunity cost; Penaeus (fenneropenaeus) merguiensis; Prawn recruitment; Press perturbation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRAWN FISHERY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALIA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENAEIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENAEIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922051678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2030.1     Document Type: Article

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