Biological evaluation of marine protected area: Evidence of crowding effect on a protected population of Queen Conch in the Caribbean

Marine Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-58

  Béné, Christophe ^a   Tewfik, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Density dependent growth rate; Gastropods; Marine reserves; Spillover effect; Turks and Caicos Islands

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA;

CARIBBEAN SEA; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

GASTROPODA; STROMBUS; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 0038206854     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2003.03782.x     Document Type: Article

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