Fishing for function: The use of biological traits to evaluate the effects of multispecies fisheries on the functioning of fisheries assemblages

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1091-1103

  Koutsidi, Martha ^a   Tzanatos, Evangelos ^a   Machias, Athanassios ^b   Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

biological traits analysis; ecosystem approach to fisheries management; fish assemblages; fishing effects; functional traits; multispecies fisheries

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BYCATCH; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LONGLINING; MULTISPECIES FISHERY; OVERFISHING; PURSE SEINING;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 84964755428     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw006     Document Type: Article

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