Effects of fishing effort and catch rate upon the structure and biomass of Fijian reef fish communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 400-412

  Jennings, S ^a,b   Polunin, N V C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fiji; Fishing effects; Fishing effort; Reef fisheries

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MARTES; PISCES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH COMMUNITY; FISHING EFFORT; REEF FISH;

FIJI;

EID: 0030442519     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404761     Document Type: Article

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