Loss of an ecological baseline through the eradication of oyster reefs from coastal ecosystems and human memory

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 795-804

  Alleway, Heidi K ^a   Connell, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem collapse; Historical ecology; Historical fishing; Ostrea angasi; Shifted baseline

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; OYSTER CULTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; REEF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

OSTREA ANGASI; OSTREIDAE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; OSTREA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; OSTREA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84929285364     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12452     Document Type: Article

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