Indirect effects of protection from exploitation: Patterns from populations of Evechinus chloroticus (Echinoidea) in northeastern New Zealand

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 173, Issue , 1998, Pages 215-226

  Cole, Russell G ^a,b   Keuskamp, Dominic ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnivorous fishes; Echinoid; Grazing; Marine reserve; Predation; Refuge

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; PROTECTED AREA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 0032512101     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps173215     Document Type: Article

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