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Pages 307-308

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... Risk assessment for exploited systems must take into account uncertainties in population abundance, harvest rates, and system structure. Adoption of risk averse management strategies would minimize the possibility of stock depletion or undesirable alterations in the structure of the system.
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... Rarely, if ever, are risk reduction measures considered until an actual impact is noticed or a potential threat emerges. Subtle and cumulative factors that are unknown or are measured imprecisely -- e.g., chronic or episodic changes in predation, migration, and disease -- are some of the issues with information gaps that contribute to uncertainties in ecological risk assessment.
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Key Terms

  • fish populations
  • null hypothesis
  • low power
  • statistical power
  • risk associated

  • describes multispecies
  • modeling suggests
  • larger context
  • populations vary
  • account uncertainties

  • involve frequent
  • print version
  • report statistical
  • actual impact
  • fairly blunt

  • implicitly consistent
  • confined populations
  • detect changes
  • bay striped
  • threat emerges

  • populations associated
  • numerous sources
  • require variation
  • stock depletion
  • reduction measures

  • study describes
  • lake michigan
  • geographically confined
  • management strategies
  • assessing risk


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