Global evidence of positive impacts of freshwater biodiversity on fishery yields

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 553-562

  Brooks, Emma Grace Elizabeth ^a   Holland, Robert Alan ^a   Darwall, William Robert Thomas ^b   Eigenbrod, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Global Species Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Fisheries; Freshwater; Productivity; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INLAND FISHERY; SERVICE PROVISION; SPECIES RICHNESS; YIELD;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84958225645     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12435     Document Type: Article

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