The portfolio effect in a small-scale fishery reduces catch and fishing income variability in a highly dynamic ecosystem.

It is an increasingly accepted idea that biological diversity stabilizes ecosystem processes and the services they provide to society. By reducing biomass fluctuation, biodiversity could mitigate the impact of changing environmental conditions on rural incomes as long as people exploits a diverse se...

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Main Authors: Andrés Vargas, Sebastián Restrepo, David Diaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271172