The habitats exploited and the species trapped in a Caribbean island trap fishery

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-260

  Garrison, Virginia H ^a   Rogers, Caroline S ^a   Beets, Jim ^b   Friedlander, Alan M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic habitats; Coral reef fishes; Trap fishing; Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

CATCH COMPOSITION; CATCHABILITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT USE; OVERFISHING; PERCIFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WORLD;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS; ACANTHURUS COERULEUS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS GUTTATUS; MARTES; PISCES;

EID: 12444295573     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-0301-x     Document Type: Article

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