Assessing the state of pelagic fish communities within an ecosystem approach and the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1572-1585

  Shephard, Samuel ^a   Rindorf, Anna ^b   Dickey Collas, Mark ^c,d   Hintzen, Niels T ^d   Farnsworth, Keith ^a   Reid, David G ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ^*  (Denmark)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Celtic Seas; Ecosystem indicators; Good Environmental Status; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; North Sea

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUROPEAN UNION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PELAGIC FISH; TIME SERIES; TRACKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84922234603     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu005     Document Type: Article

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