A conservation trade-off? Interspecific differences in seahorse responses to experimental changes in fishing effort

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 468-484

  Curtis, Janelle M R ^a,c   Ribeiro, Joaquim ^b   Erzini, Karim ^b   Vincent, Amanda C J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Habitat disturbance; Habitat structure; Hippocampus; Population structure; Seining; Syngnathidae; Underwater visual census

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DEMERSAL FISHERY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPLOITATION; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY; TRADE-OFF;

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS GUTTULATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 34547772695     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.798     Document Type: Article

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