Effect of fishing pressure on the spatio-temporal variability of the parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense (Pisces: Scaridae), across the Canarian Archipelago (eastern Atlantic)

Fisheries Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-33

  Tuya, F ^a   Ortega Borges, L ^a   Sanchez Jerez, P ^b   Haroun, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Hierarchical design; Overexploitation; Parrotfishes; Sparisoma cretense; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FISHING EFFORT; OVERFISHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PISCES; SCARIDAE; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 29844439274     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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