• A comparison of biological trends from four marine ecosystems: synchronies, differences, and commonalities 

      Link, Jason S.; Stockhausen, William; Skaret, Georg; Overholtz, William; Megrey, Bernard A.; Gjøsæter, Harald; Gaichas, Sarah; Dommasnes, Are; Falk-Petersen, Jannike; Aydin, Kerim; Kane, Joseph; Mueter, Franz; Friedland, Kevin; Hare, Jon (ICES CM documents;2007/D:09, Working paper, 2007)
    • A comparison of community and trophic structure in five marine ecosystems based on energy budgets and system metrics 

      Gaichas, Sarah; Skaret, Georg; Falk-Petersen, Jannike; Link, Jason S.; Overholtz, William; Megrey, Bernard A.; Gjøsæter, Harald; Stockhausen, William; Dommasnes, Are; Friedland, Kevin; Aydin, Kerim (ICES CM documents;2007/D:11, Working paper, 2007)
      As part of the international MENU collaboration, energy budget models for five marine ecosystems were compared to identify differences and similarities in trophic and community characteristics across ecosystems. We examined ...
    • A cross-ecosystem comparison of temporal variability in recruitment of functionally analogous fish stocks 

      Megrey, Beatriz Diaz; Hare, Jon; Dommasnes, Are; Gjøsæter, Harald; Stockhausen, William; Overholtz, William; Gaichas, Sarah; Skaret, Georg; Falk-Petersen, Jannike; Link, Jason S.; Friedland, Kevin (ICES CM documents;2007/D:10, Working paper, 2007)
      As part of the international MENU collaboration, variability in temporal patterns of recruitment and spawning stock were compared among functionally analogous species from four marine ecosystems including the Gulf of ...
    • Bernard Megrey: pioneer of Comparative Marine Ecosystem analyses 

      Moksness, Erlend; Link, Jason S.; Drinkwater, Ken; Gaichas, Sarah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-12)
      The MEPS Theme Section on ‘Comparative Analysis of Marine Fisheries Production’ is dedicated to Dr. Bernard Megrey. Dr. Megrey was well known for comparative studies of ecosystems, but his contributions to science were ...
    • Ecosystem model skill assessment. Yes We Can! 

      Olsen, Erik Joel Steinar; Fay, Gavin; Gaichas, Sarah; Gamble, Robert; Lucey, Sean; Link, Jason S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-05)
    • Increasing the uptake of multispecies models in fisheries management 

      Karp, Melissa A; Link, Jason S; Grezlik, Max; Cadrin, Steve; Fay, Gavin; Lynch, Patrick; Townsend, Howard; Methot, Richard D; Adams, Grant D; Blackhart, Kristan; Barceló, Caren; Buchheister, Andre; Cieri, Matthew; Chagaris, David; Christensen, Villy; Craig, J. Kevin; Cummings, Jonathan; Damiano, Matthew D; Dickey-Collas, Mark; Elvarsson, Bjarki Þór; Gaichas, Sarah; Haltuch, Melissa A; Haugen, Janne B; Howell, Daniel; Kaplan, Isaac C; Klajbor, Willem; Large, Scott I; Masi, Michelle; McNamee, Jason; Muffley, Brandon; Murray, Sarah; Plagányi, Éva; Reid, David; Rindorf, Anna; Sagarese, Skyler R; Schueller, Amy M; Thorpe, Robert; Thorson, James T; Tomczak, MacIej T; Trijoulet, Vanessa; Voss, Rudi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Multispecies models have existed in a fisheries context since at least the 1970s, but despite much exploration, advancement, and consideration of multispecies models, there remain limited examples of their operational use ...
    • Ocean futures under ocean acidification, marine protection, and changing fishing pressures explored using a worldwide suite of ecosystem models 

      Olsen, Erik Joel Steinar; Kaplan, Isaac C.; Ainsworth, Cameron; Fay, Gavin; Gaichas, Sarah; Gamble, Robert; Girardin, Raphael; Eide, Cecilie H; Ihde, Thomas F; Morzaria-Luna, Hem Nalini; Johnson, Kelli F; Savina-Rolland, Marie; Townsend, Howard; Weijerman, Mariska; Fulton, Elizabeth A.; Link, Jason S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Ecosystem-based management (EBM) of the ocean considers all impacts on and uses of marine and coastal systems. In recent years, there has been a heightened interest in EBM tools that allow testing of alternative management ...
    • Relative importance of fisheries, trophodynamic and environmental drivers in a series of marine ecosystems 

      Fu, Caihong; Gaichas, Sarah; Link, Jason S.; Bundy, Alida; Boldt, Jennifer L.; Cook, Adam M.; Gamble, Robert; Utne, Kjell R.; Liu, Hui; Friedland, Kevin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-12)
      Marine ecosystems are influenced by drivers that operate and interact over multiple scales, resulting in nonlinear or abrupt responses to perturbation. Because of the inherent complexity of marine ecosystems, progress ...
    • Synthesizing lessons learned from comparing fisheries production in 13 northern hemisphere ecosystems: emergent fundamental features 

      Link, Jason S.; Gaichas, Sarah; Miller, Thomas J.; Essington, Tim; Bundy, Alida; Boldt, Jennifer L.; Drinkwater, Ken; Moksness, Erlend (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-12)
      Understanding the drivers of the productivity of marine ecosystems continues to be a globally important issue. A vast body of literature identifies 3 main processes that regulate the production dynamics of fisheries: ...
    • Trophic-level determinants of biomass accumulation in marine ecosystems 

      Pranovi, Fabio; Link, Jason S.; Fu, Caihong; Cook, Adam M.; Liu, Hui; Gaichas, Sarah; Friedland, Kevin; Utne, Kjell R.; Benoît, Hugues P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-12)
      Metrics representative of key ecosystem processes are required for monitoring and understanding system dynamics, as a function of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). Useful properties of such indicators should ...
    • What drives marine fisheries production? 

      Gaichas, Sarah; Bundy, Alida; Miller, Thomas J.; Moksness, Erlend; Stergiou, Konstantinos I. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-07-12)
      This paper introduces the MEPS Theme Section (TS) ‘Comparative Analysis of Marine Fisheries Production’. The unifying theme of the studies in the TS is the relative influence of a ‘triad of drivers’—fishing, trophodynamic, ...