Effects of Artisanal Fishing on Caribbean Coral Reefs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Hawkins, Julie P ^a   Roberts, Callum M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CORAL REEF; FISHING; MONITORING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA; HAEMULIDAE; LUCIA; LUTJANIDAE; PISCES; SABA; SCARIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 1242332934     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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