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NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT AND FISHERIES EXPLOITATION: INTERACTIVE EFFECTS ON ESTUARINE LIVING RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
Citation:
BREITBURG, D. L., J. K. CRAIG, R. S. FULFORD, K. A. ROSE, W. R. BOYNTON, D. BRADY, B. J. CIOTTI, R. J. DIAZ, K. D. FRIEDLAND, AND J. D. HAGY. NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT AND FISHERIES EXPLOITATION: INTERACTIVE EFFECTS ON ESTUARINE LIVING RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. HYDROBIOLOGIA. Springer, New York, NY, 629(1):31-47, (2009).
Impact/Purpose:
New advances in modeling, statistics and technology promise to provide the information needed to improve both the understanding and management of systems subject to both nutrient enrichment and fisheries exploitation.
Description:
Fisheries exploitation and increased nutrient loadings affect fish and shellfish abudance and production in estuaries. These stressors do not act independently; instead they jointly influence food webs, and each affects the sensitivity of species and ecosystems to the other. Nutrient enrichment and the habitat degradation it sometimes causes can affect sustainable yields of fisheries, and fisheries exploitation can affect the ability of estuarine systems to process nutrients. More thoroughly integrated management ofo nutrients and fisheries will permit more effective management responses to systems affected by both stressors, including the application of fisheriers regulations to rebuild stocks negatively affected by eutrophication. New advances in modeling, statistics and technology promise to provide the information needed to improve both the understanding and management of systems subject to both nutrient enrichment and fisheries exploitation.