Assessment of the effectiveness of two marine reserves in the Canary Islands (eastern Atlantic);Evaluación de la efectividad de dos reservas marinas de las Islas Canarias (Atlántico oriental)

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-522

  Tuya, F ^a,b   Garcia Diez C ^a   Espino, F ^a   Haroun, R J ^a  

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

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Fishery resources; Fishing pressure; Marine protected area; Reserve effect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS CERVINUS CERVINUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS CADENATI; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 33750510302     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i3.1133     Document Type: Article

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