Characterizing coastal foodwebs with qualitative links to bridge the gap between the theory and the practice of ecosystem-based management

to bridge the gap between the theory and the practice of ecosystem-based managementMichael P. Carey1,*, Phillip S. Levin1, Howard Townsend2, Thomas J. Minello3, GlenR. Sutton4, Tessa B. Francis5, Chris J. Harvey1, JodieE. Toft6, Katie K. Arkema6, Jennifer L. Burke1, Choong-Ki Kim6,7, Anne D. Guerry6, Mark Plummer1, Georgi Spiridonov2, and Mary Ruckelshaus6 NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries ScienceCenter, 2725 Montlake BoulevardEast, Seattle, WA 98112, USA NOAA Fisheries, Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107-A, Annapolis, MD 21403, USA NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries ScienceCenter, Galveston Laboratory, 4700 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, USA Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Galveston Bay Field Office, 1502 FM 517 East, Dickinson, TX 77539, USA Puget Sound Institute, University of Washington, Tacoma, Center for Urban Waters, 326 East D Street, Tacoma, WA 98421, USA The Natural CapitalProject, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA Ocean Science and Technology Institute, InhaUniversity, 100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, Korea *Corresponding author: tel: +1 907 786 7197; fax: +1 907 786 7150; e-mail: mcarey@usgs.gov Present address: U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.