Cascading effects of overfishing marine systems

M. Scheffer; S. Carpenter; B. de Young

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.018

Cascading effects of overfishing marine systems

M. Scheffer
, S. Carpenter
, B. de Young

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Abstract

Profound indirect ecosystem effects of overfishing have been shown for coastal systems such as coral reefs and kelp forests. A new study from the ecosystem off the Canadian east coast now reveals that the elimination of large predatory fish can also cause marked cascading effects on the pelagic food web. Overall, the view emerges that, in a range of marine ecosystems, the effects of fisheries extend well beyond the collapse of fish exploited stocks

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-581
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	20
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.08.018
Publication status	Published - 2005

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Keywords

coral-reef
shifts
catastrophes
ecosystem
pacific
ocean

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Cascading effects of overfishing marine systems

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