Food webs and the sustainability of indiscriminate fisheries

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 656-665

  McCann, Kevin S ^a   Gellner, Gabriel ^a   McMeans, Bailey C ^a   Deenik, Tina ^a   Holtgrieve, Gordon ^b   Rooney, Neil ^a   Hannah, Lee ^c   Cooperman, Michael ^c   Nam, So ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Fisheries Administration   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY; FISHING MORTALITY; FOOD WEB; INLAND FISHERY; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84962069636     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0044     Document Type: Article

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