Effect of a marine reserve on the distribution of coral reef fishes in Barbados

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 97-113

  Rakitin, Ana ^a,b,c   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbados; Caribbean; Coral reefs; Fish movements; Fish traps; Marine reserve; Tropical fisheries; Visual census

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; FISH MOVEMENTS; FISH TRAPPING; MARINE PARKS; MARINE RESERVE; REEF FISH; REEF FISHERIES;

BARBADOS; WEST INDIES, BARBADOS;

EID: 0029667790     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131097     Document Type: Article

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