Species-specific impacts of a small marine reserve on reef fish production and fishing productivity in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 484-492

  Tupper, Mark ^a   Rudd, Murray A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catch per unit effort (CPUE); Fishing pressure; Marine protected areas; Nassau grouper; Spillover

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHERIES;

MARINE RESERVES;

REEFS;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FISH; FISHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLICY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS; HAEMULON ALBUM; LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS; MARTES; PISCES;

EID: 0036947816     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000346     Document Type: Article

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