Drivers of fisheries production in complex socioecological systems
McOwen, C.; Spencer, T.; Bithell, M. (2019). Drivers of fisheries production in complex socioecological systems, in: Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M. et al. Predicting future oceans: Sustainability of ocean and human systems amidst global environmental change. pp. 35-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817945-1.00003-4 In: Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M.; Cheung, W.W.L.; Ota, Y. (Ed.) (2019). Predicting future oceans: Sustainability of ocean and human systems amidst global environmental change. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-0-12-817945-1. xxvii, 554 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/c2018-0-02416-0, more |
| Authors | | Top | - McOwen, C.
- Spencer, T.
- Bithell, M.
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| Abstract | The production of fish biomass and the quantity that can be extracted for human use result from the interaction of both “bottom-up” and “top-down” forcing mechanisms where the relative importance of each varies through time-variant ecological, geographical, and species-specific controls. These complexities are particularly poorly understood in vegetated coastal ecosystems, even though such systems play a critical role in supporting marine biodiversity and fisheries production across a wide range of actors. When formulating policy for management purposes or to meet sustainability targets, the dynamics of oceanographic and ecological systems must be seen alongside the dynamics of human societies. Agent-based models, and new-generation earth system models, are ideally placed to incorporate human dynamics and allow coupled socioecological models of fisheries production to be developed and interrogated. |
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