Effects of size and fragmentation of marine reserves and fisher infringement on the catch and biomass of coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Little, L Rich ^a   Smith, A D M ^a   McDonald, A D ^a   Punt, A E ^a,b   Mapstone, B D ^c,d   Pantus, F ^a   Davies, C R ^d,e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e National Oceans Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisher behaviour; Fisheries management; Marine protected areas; Meta population model; Plectropomus leopardus

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; LEOPARDUS; MARTES PENNANTI; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 18844418935     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2005.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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