Search Results - "Ainsworth, C.H."

Ecosystem simulations supporting ecosystem-based fisheries management in the Coral Triangle, Indonesia by Ainsworth, C.H., Varkey, D.A., Pitcher, T.J.

“…A comprehensive field study ongoing in Eastern Indonesia has provided data for a trophodynamic Ecosim ecosystem model of the Raja Ampat archipelago on the west…”
Get full text

Effects of Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms on fish community structure on the West Florida Shelf by Gray DiLeone, A.M., Ainsworth, C.H.

“…•Modelling red tides on a West Florida Shelf ecosystem using Ecopath with Ecosim.•Red tide mortality should be considered for fish species with low natural…”
Get full text

Ten common mistakes made in Ecopath with Ecosim modelling by Ainsworth, C.H., Walters, C.J.

Get full text

Simulating oil-driven abundance changes in benthic marine invertebrates using an ecosystem model by Dornberger, L.N., Montagna, P.A., Ainsworth, C.H.

“…Field studies showed that benthic macrofauna and meiofauna abundances increased with sediment oil concentration in areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon…”
Get full text

Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by Ainsworth, C.H., Chassignet, E.P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C.J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., Fiddaman, T., Huang, H., Huettel, M., Justic, D., Kourafalou, V.H., Liu, Y., Mauritzen, C., Murawski, S., Morey, S., Özgökmen, T., Paris, C.B., Ruzicka, J., Saul, S., Shepherd, J., Socolofsky, S., Solo Gabriele, H., Sutton, T., Weisberg, R.H., Wilson, C., Zheng, L., Zheng, Y.

“…Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GOMRI) has studied the oil spill from the perspectives of ocean…”
Get full text

A probabilistic representation of fish diet compositions from multiple data sources: A Gulf of Mexico case study by Masi, M.D., Ainsworth, C.H., Chagaris, D.

“…•We conducted a laboratory diet analysis to define predator–prey interactions.•We expounded on this laboratory data by assimilating two, more robust data…”
Get full text

Using a Gulf of Mexico Atlantis model to evaluate ecological indicators for sensitivity to fishing mortality and robustness to observation error by Masi, M.D., Ainsworth, C.H., Jones, D.L.

“…•19 of the original 25 indicators were found to be sensitive to variable fishing mortality.•Forage fish and Menhaden age structure indicators were redundant…”
Get full text

Long-term analysis of spatio-temporal patterns in population dynamics and demography of juvenile Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) by Chacin, D.H., Switzer, T.S., Ainsworth, C.H., Stallings, C.D.

“…In estuarine systems, proximity to the ocean has the potential to directly and indirectly drive patterns of fish distribution and population dynamics. To test…”
Get full text

Reconstructing historical marine ecosystems using food web models: Northern British Columbia from Pre-European contact to present by Ainsworth, C.H., Pitcher, T.J., Heymans, J.J., Vasconcellos, M.

“…Mass-balance trophic models (Ecopath with Ecosim) are developed for the marine ecosystem of northern British Columbia (BC) for the historical periods 1750,…”
Get full text

Estimating illegal, unreported and unregulated catch in British Columbia's marine fisheries by Ainsworth, C.H., Pitcher, T.J.

“…To fully understand the impact of fishing on the marine environment, it is necessary to have an estimate of total extractions from the ecosystem. In addition…”
Get full text

Effective ecosystem-based management must encourage regulatory compliance: A Gulf of California case study by Ainsworth, C.H., Morzaria-Luna, H., Kaplan, I.C., Levin, P.S., Fulton, E.A., Cudney-Bueno, R., Turk-Boyer, P., Torre, J., Danemann, G.D., Pfister, T.

“…The Northern Gulf of California is an area important for small-scale fisheries in terms of economic activity and food security, but widespread non-compliance…”
Get full text