Authors: Marta Coll, Lynne J. Shannon, Kristin M. Kleisner, M. J. Juan-Jorda, Alida Bundy, A. G. Akoglu, Daniela Bănaru, Jennifer L. Boldt, Maria de Fátima Borges, Adam M. Cook, Ibrahima Diallo, Caihong Fu, Clive Fox, Didier Gascuel, Leigh J. Gurney, Tarek Hattab, Johanna J. Heymans, Didier Jouffre, Ben Knight, S. Kucukavsar, Scott I. Large, Christopher P. Lynam, Athanassios Machias, Kristin N. Marshall, Hicham Masski, Henn Ojaveer, Chiara Piroddi, Jorge Tam, Djiga Thiao, Modou Thiaw, Maria Angeles Torres, Morgane Travers-Trolet, K. Tsagarakis, I. D. Tuck, G. I. Van Der Meeren, Dawit Yemane, Stephani G. Zador, Yunne-Jai Shin

Venue: Ecological Indicators

Type: Publication

Abstract: IndiSeas (>Indicators for the Seas>) is a collaborative international working group that was established in 2005 to evaluate the status of exploited marine ecosystems using a suite of indicators in a comparative framework. An initial shortlist of seven ecological indicators was selected to quantify the effects of fishing on the broader ecosystem using several criteria (i.e., ecological meaning, sensitivity to fishing, data availability, management objectives and public awareness). The suite comprised: (i) the inverse coefficient of variation of... (read more)

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.048