Regime shifts in the Northern Benguela ecosystem: Challenges for management

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 331, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-159

  Heymans, Johanna J ^a   Tomczak, Maciej T ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benguela ecosystem; Ecological network analysis; Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem modelling; Regime shifts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY;

BENGUELA; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; REGIME SHIFT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA;

EID: 84964963622     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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