Impacts of predator depletion by fishing on the biomass and diversity of non-target reef fish communities

Coral Reefs

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-82

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH COMMUNITY; FISHERY IMPACT; FISHING GROUNDS; NON-TARGET SPECIES; PREDATION; PREDATOR DEPLETION; REEF FISH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FIJI;

CHAETODONTIDAE; EPINEPHELINAE; LABRIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MULLIDAE; SCARIDAE;

EID: 0030618726     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050061     Document Type: Article

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