The impact of artisanal fishery on a tropical intertidal benthic fish community

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-229

  De Boer, Willem F ^a,b   Van Schie, Annemieke M P ^b   Jocene, Domingos F ^b   Mabote, Alzira B P ^b   Guissamulo, Almeida ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c Museu de História Natural de Maputo   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Consumption; Habitat preferences; Overfishing; Q B ratio

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; FISHERY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY;

MOZAMBIQUE;

GOBIIDAE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0034992411     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011043510100     Document Type: Article

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