Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes

LK Blamey, LJ Shannon, JJ Bolton… - Journal of Marine …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Overfishing and human-induced climate change are putting severe pressure on marine
ecosystems. In the southern Benguela, most of South Africa's commercial fisheries have a …

A review of the use of seabirds as indicators in fisheries and ecosystem management

LD Einoder - Fisheries Research, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews the use of seabirds in fisheries management around the world, and
provides a comprehensive overview of the many factors that should be considered in order …

[كتاب][B] Conservation by proxy: indicator, umbrella, keystone, flagship, and other surrogate species

T Caro - 2010‏ - books.google.com
The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

Lessons in modelling and management of marine ecosystems: the Atlantis experience

EA Fulton, JS Link, IC Kaplan… - Fish and …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models are key tools for integrating a wide range of system information in a
common framework. Attempts to model exploited marine ecosystems can increase …

Global patterns in ecological indicators of marine food webs: a modelling approach

JJ Heymans, M Coll, S Libralato, L Morissette… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Ecological attributes estimated from food web models have the potential to be
indicators of good environmental status given their capabilities to describe redundancy, food …

Ecological indicators to capture the effects of fishing on biodiversity and conservation status of marine ecosystems

M Coll, LJ Shannon, KM Kleisner, MJ Juan-Jordá… - Ecological …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract IndiSeas (“Indicators for the Seas”) is a collaborative international working group
that was established in 2005 to evaluate the status of exploited marine ecosystems using a …

An ecological model of the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea: analysis of ecosystem structure and fishing impacts

M Coll, A Santojanni, I Palomera, S Tudela… - Journal of Marine …, 2007‏ - Elsevier
A trophic mass-balance model was developed to characterise the food web structure and
functioning of the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea and to quantify the ecosystem impacts …

Trophic level-based indicators to track fishing impacts across marine ecosystems

L Shannon, M Coll, A Bundy, D Gascuel… - Marine Ecology …, 2014‏ - int-res.com
Trophic level (TL)-based indicators have been widely used to examine fishing impacts in
aquatic ecosystems and the induced biodiversity changes. However, much debate has …

The Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries at risk from overexploitation

AC Tsikliras, A Dinouli, VZ Tsiros, E Tsalkou - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
The status of the Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries was evaluated for the period 1970-
2010 on a subarea basis, using various indicators including the temporal variability of total …

Jellyfication of marine ecosystems as a likely consequence of overfishing small pelagic fishes: lessons from the Benguela

JP Roux, CD van der Lingen… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2013‏ - ingentaconnect.com
Changes in two contrasting ecosystems of the Benguela upwelling region, one dominated at
mid-trophic level by jellyfishes (Namibia, northern Benguela ecosystem, where small pelagic …