Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is a simulation approach that serves as a “light on
the hill” to test options for marine management, monitoring, and assessment against …

Emergent properties of ecosystems are community attributes, such as structure and function,
that arise from connections and interactions (eg, predator–prey, competition) among …

Bottom trawling is one of the main anthropogenic pressures that impact soft-bottom habitats,
directly affecting benthic and demersal communities, as well as their food web structure. To …

Scientific understanding of coupled social-ecological systems has grown considerably in
recent years, especially for fisheries and ocean management. However, few studies test the …

This study highlights the importance of interspecific interactions among marine organisms
and the effect that these trophic interactions have on the development of effective, adaptive …

Ecological and socio-economic indicators are used as proxies for attributes of ecosystems
and human communities, respectively. End-to-end models are used to predict how …

This study used Ecopath model of the Jiaozhou Bay as an example to evaluate the effect of
stomach sample size of three fish species on the projection of this model. The derived …

There is great interest and rapid progress around the world in developing sets of indicators
of marine ecosystem integrity for assessment and management. However, the complexity of …

The fishing industry of the western and central regions of the coastal Gulf of Alaska (CGoA)
directly employs over 17,000 people and processes fish with a wholesale value of US $618 …

Mesopelagic fishes link lower trophic levels and higher predators, as well as production at
the surface to the deep sea. Mesopelagic fish may be vulnerable to deep entrained oil …