Recovery in rubble fields: Long-term impacts of blast fishing

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1024-1031

  Fox, Helen E ^a,d   Pet, Jos S ^b   Dahuri, Rokhmin ^c   Caldwell, Roy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Nat Conserv Coast Mar I   (Indonesia)

^c Research Institute for Marine Fisheries   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral reefs; Destructive fishing practices; Indonesia; Marine ecology; Recovery

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; PARKS; REEFS;

SOFT CORALS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

WATER;

BLASTING; CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; FISHING; RECOVERY;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; FISHING; INDONESIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BUNAKEN NATIONAL PARK; INDONESIA; KOMODO NATIONAL PARK;

ACROPORA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIMORPHARIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0041524209     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00246-7     Document Type: Article

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