Management implications of fish trap effectiveness in adjacent coral reef and gorgonian habitats

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Wolff, Nicholas ^a,b   Grober Dunsmore, Rikki ^c   Rogers, Caroline S ^c   Beets, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel fish migration; Effective area fished; Reef fish management; Topographic complexity; Visual census

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; TRAP FISHING;

ST. JOHN; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA;

EID: 0033041697     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007430407540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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