Effects of natural barriers on the spillover of a marine mollusc: Implications for fisheries reserves

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 473-488

  Tewfik, Alexander ^a,b   Béné, Christophe ^c  

^a Center for Marine Resource Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier; Density gradient; Dispersal; Queen conch; Reserve; Spillover

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NATURAL BARRIER; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STROMBUS; STROMBUS GIGAS;

EID: 0345015942     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.562     Document Type: Article

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