Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems

B. C. Jackson, Jeremy; X. Kirby, Michael; Berger, Wolfgang; A. Bjorndal, Karen; W. Botsford, Louis; J. Bourque, Bruce; Bradbury, Roger; G. Cooke, Richard; M. Erlandson, Jon; A. Estes, James; P. Hughes, Terry; M. Kidwell, Susan; B. Lange, Carina; S. Lenihan, Hunter; M. Pandolfi, John; H. Peterson, Charles; S. Steneck, Robert; J. Tegner, Mia; R. Warner, Robert

doi:10.1126/science.1059199

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Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems

Published in Science • Jul 27, 2001

Authors:

Jeremy B. C. Jackson

Michael X. Kirby

Wolfgang Berger

Abstract

Ecological extinction caused by overfishing precedes all other pervasive human disturbance to coastal ecosystems, including pollution, degradation of water quality, and anthropogenic climate change. Historical abundances of large consumer species were fantastically large in comparison with recent ob...

Subject

Overfishing

Ecology

Ecosystem

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