Life history correlates of responses to fisheries exploitation
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We use an approach based on phylogenetic comparisons to identify life history correlates of abundance trends in 18 intensively exploited fish stocks from the north–east Atlantic. After accounting for differences in fishing mortality, we show that those fishes that have decreased in abundance compared with their nearest relatives mature later, attain a larger maximum size, and exhibit significantly lower potential rates of population increase. Such trends were not evident in a more traditional cross–species analysis. This is the first phylogenetically independent evidence to link life histories with abundance trends, and provides a quantitative basis for assessing vulnerability of fish populations to exploitation. Our approach can be applied to the conservation and management of other exploited taxa.
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Understanding life history strategies and stock structure is essential to determine species resilience and how they might respond to exploitation.
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- Authors
- Jennings, S., Reynolds, J. D., & Mills, S. C.
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Jennings, S.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 1998-02-22
- Volume
- 265
- Issue
- 1393
- Pages
- 333-339
- ISSN
- 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
- 0962-8452
- 1471-2954
- PMC
- PMC1688891
- OpenAlex
- W2059155923
- Cited by
- 515
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 11.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Keywords
- life-history traits, fisheries exploitation, abundance trends, phylogenetic comparative analysis, fishing mortality, age at maturity, maximum body size, population growth rate, fisheries management
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