Rebuilding the eastern baltic cod stock under environmental change–a preliminary approach using stock, environmental, and management constraints

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-262

  Röckmann, Christine ^a,b   Schneider, Uwe A ^b,c   St John, Michael A ^b   Tol, Richard S J ^b,d,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured model; Baltic cod; Climate change; Environmental variability; Management; Policy; Population dynamics; Reproductive volume; Temporal marine reserve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964233013     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2007.tb00207.x     Document Type: Editorial

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