How will fisheries management measures contribute towards the attainment of Good Environmental Status for the North Sea ecosystem?

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-175

  Lynam, Christopher Philip ^a   Mackinson, Steven ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecopath with ecosim; Ecosystem based management; Mixed fisheries; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935423460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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