Destruction of a Holothuria scabra population by overfishing at Abu Rhamada Island in the Red Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-511

  Hasan, Mohamed Hamza ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abu Rhamada Island; Ecology; Holothuria scabra; Overfishing; Red Sea; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MARINE ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

FISHERIES;

ECHINODERM; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; HOLOTHURIA; INDIAN OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

ABU RAMADA; AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; HOLOTHURIA SCABRA;

EID: 19944418241     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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