Social benefits of restoring historical ecosystems and fisheries: Alewives in Maine

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  McClenachan, Loren ^a   Lovell, Samantha ^a   Keaveney, Caroline ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Historical ecology; New conservation; Resilience; Shifting baselines; Small scale fisheries; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS;

EID: 84934784597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07585-200231     Document Type: Article

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