Climate change (CC) is a key, global driver of change of marine ecosystems. At local and
regional scales, other local human stressors (LS) can interact with CC and modify its effects …

In marine ecosystems, rising atmospheric CO2 and climate change are associated with
concurrent shifts in temperature, circulation, stratification, nutrient input, oxygen content, and …

Simulation models are widely used to represent the dynamics of ecological systems. A
common question with such models is how changes to a parameter value or functional form …

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
(MSFD) are the European umbrella regulations for water systems. It is a challenge for the …

Abstract Modern approaches to Ecosystem-Based Management and sustainable use of
marine resources must account for the myriad of pressures (interspecies, human and …

Background One of the greatest obstacles to moving ecosystem-based management (EBM)
from concept to practice is the lack of a systematic approach to defining ecosystem-level …

Abstract Theory behind ecosystem-based management (EBM) and ecosystem-based
fisheries management (EBFM) is now well developed. However, the implementation of …

Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has emerged as a basic approach for managing
human activities in marine ecosystems, with the aim of recovering and conserving marine …

Ecosystem management (EM) suffers from linguistic uncertainty surrounding the definition of
“EM” and how it can be operationalized. Using fisheries management as an example, we …

ABSTRACT A majority of the world's largest net-based fisheries target planktivorous forage
fish that serve as a critical trophic link between the plankton and upper-level consumers …