Transnational corporations as 'keystone actors' in marine ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Osterblom, Henrik ^a   Jouffray, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Folke, Carl ^a,b   Crona, Beatrice ^a,b   Troell, Max ^b   Merrie, Andrew ^a   Rockström, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FISHERY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA FOOD; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS;

EID: 84941303524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127533     Document Type: Article

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