The Gulf of California: review of ecosystem status and sustainability challenges

SE Lluch-Cota, EA Aragon-Noriega… - Progress in …, 2007 - Elsevier
The Gulf of California is unique because of its geographical location and conformation. It
hosts diverse ecosystems and important fisheries that support industry and provide …

The ecological role of cephalopods and their representation in ecosystem models

T de la Chesnais, EA Fulton, SR Tracey… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
Cephalopods, especially squids, are believed to have a structuring role in marine
ecosystems as a link between different trophic levels, primarily due to their voracious prey …

No complexity–stability relationship in empirical ecosystems

C Jacquet, C Moritz, L Morissette, P Legagneux… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the mechanisms responsible for stability and persistence of ecosystems is
one of the greatest challenges in ecology. Robert May showed that, contrary to intuition …

A century of fish biomass decline in the ocean

V Christensen, M Coll, C Piroddi, J Steenbeek… - … ecology progress series, 2014 - int-res.com
We performed a global assessment of how fish biomass has changed over the last 100 yr,
applying a previously developed methodology using ecological modeling. Our assessment …

Complexity, cost and quality of ecosystem models and their impact on resilience: a comparative analysis, with emphasis on marine mammals and the Gulf of St …

L Morissette - 2007 - open.library.ubc.ca
The development of an ecosystem approach is essential to improve understanding of the
nature and dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems and the complexity of species …

Making robust policy decisions using global biodiversity indicators

E Nicholson, B Collen, A Barausse, JL Blanchard… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In order to influence global policy effectively, conservation scientists need to be able to
provide robust predictions of the impact of alternative policies on biodiversity and measure …

[PDF][PDF] A balanced model of the food web of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

MH Pinkerton, JM Bradford-Grieve… - Ccamlr Science, 2010 - archive.ccamlr.org
A quantitative food web of the Ross Sea is presented here as a step towards investigating
ecosystem effects of the fishery for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). The model …

Changing climate in the Gulf of California

SE Lluch-Cota, A Parés-Sierra… - Progress in …, 2010 - Elsevier
We conducted a four year interdisciplinary collaborative project focused in the Gulf of
California, the most important fishing region for Mexico. We reviewed published reports …

[PDF][PDF] 10. Coastal fisheries of Mexico

JI Fernández, P Álvarez-Torres… - Coastal fisheries of …, 2011 - academia.edu
Small-scale fisheries in Mexico account for about 97% of the marine fleet. These fisheries
cover about 70% of the continental shelf, which accounts for 10% of the exclusive economic …

Issues of ecosystem-based management of forage fisheries in “open” non-stationary ecosystems: the example of the sardine fishery in the Gulf of California

A Bakun, EA Babcock, SE Lluch-Cota… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract The Gulf of California system presents major challenges to the still developing
frameworks for ecosystem-based management (EBM). It is very much an open system and is …