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Creator:: Lester, Sarah E., Costello, Christopher, Halpern, Benjamin S., Gaines, Steven D., White, Crow, and Barth, John A.
Abstract:: A central challenge for natural resource management is developing rigorous yet practical approaches for balancing the costs and benefits of diverse human uses of ecosystems. Economic theory has a long history of evaluating tradeoffs in returns from different assets to identify optimal investment strategies. There has been recent progress applying...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . Ecological 479 Economics. 2009;68:2960-8. 480 [36] Pascoe S, Bustarnante R, Wilcox C, Gibbs M. Spatial

Creator:: Griffen, Blaine D.
Abstract:: The suspension-feeding mud shrimp, Upogebia pugettensis, is a common inhabitant of intertidal mudflats in estuaries throughout the Pacific Northwest, where it develops extensive burrows. Also inhabiting the shrimps' burrow is the commensal bivalve, Cryptomya californica. Filtration by dense populations of the shrimp and its commensals may have a negative impact...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Commencement June 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I thank Dr.'s Chris Langdon and Theodore H. DeWitt for assistance

Creator:: Childress, Jeremy L.
Abstract:: Oregon Fishermen in Ocean Observing Research (OrFIOOR) is a cooperative research program between ocean scientists and fishermen in the Pacific Northwest. Dungeness crab fishermen attach sensor packages (temperature and dissolved oxygen) to crab pots. The pots serve as platforms of opportunity for ocean observing. This study examines three principle questions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Swart, Brycen
Abstract:: Over fishing, by-catch of non-target fish species, marine mammals, seabirds, and damage to benthic habitats remain serious problems in fisheries management. Management methods based on traditional command and control (CAC) approaches may meet with initial successes yet additional progress is often marginal, requiring managers to implement additional regulations to achieve...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: from the ecosystem and the effects of fishing gear on the habitat(s) of species using that area

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