Spawning stock recruitment creates misleading dynamics under predation release in ecosystem and multi-species models

Ecosystem and multi-species models are used to understand ecosystem-wide effects of fishing, such as population expansion due to predation release, and further cascading effects. Many are based on fisheries models that focus on a single, depleted population, and may not always behave as expected in...

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Main Authors: Vidette L. McGregor, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Matthew R. Dunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7308.pdf