Ecosystem status report for the northeast shelf large marine ecosystem, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem, 2011
• Corporate Authors:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  "The Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (NES LME) has supported important commercial fisheries for several centuries. This highly productive region has experienced important structural changes over the last several decades under intensive exploitation. Emerging evidence for important changes in physical forcing and ecological response in relation to climate variability in the North Atlantic further highlights the need to address the broad suite of anthropogenic and natural drivers in the system. Here, we update our earlier evaluation of the status of the Northeast U.S Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (1) and expand its focus to include further information on ecological subregions of the shelf"--Introduction.
• Content Notes:
  by the Ecosystem Assessment Program, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
  
  "April 2012."
  
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32).
  
  
• Keywords:
  Fish Communities Fish Surveys Marine Ecology Marine Ecosystem Management Fish Communities Fish Surveys Marine Ecology Marine Ecosystem Management
• Series:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 12-07
• Document Type:
  Reference Document
• Place as Subject:
  Northeastern States ; North Atlantic Ocean
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ded63f83beef11137e550240ed82882fa5932cfa9019fea515945956b84291bb353d2230ea5ebfc25fbd4402bd1ce4c71b64fb5fcd071f4c7f9a30aa074c58fb
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/4092/noaa_4092_DS1.pdf
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