Estimating enhancement of fish production by offshore artificial reefs: Uncertainty exhibited by divergent scenarios

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 264, Issue , 2003, Pages 265-277

  Powers, Sean P ^a   Grabowski, Jonathan H ^b   Peterson, Charles H ^b   Lindberg, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Fish production; Fishing pressure; Mitigation; Restoration scaling; Southeastern USA

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FISHING; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

HALOPHILA; OSTREIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 1642564081     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps264265     Document Type: Article

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