Fisheries ecology - concepts- Winter School on Towards Ecosystem Based Management of Marine Fisheries – Building Mass Balance Trophic and Simulation Models

Abstract

In nature, organisms can survive only in appropriate environments, interact with each other and are influenced by the whole complex of environmental factors. Ecology is the interaction of organisms with their environment, studied usually by trying to understand the distribution and abundance of organisms. An understanding of the ecological principles is needed for the sustainable use of resources, and to evolve strategies, for the mitigation of environmental problems