Protection from fishing alters the species composition of fish assemblages in a temperate-tropical transition zone

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1197-1206

  Watson, Dianne L ^a   Harvey, Euan S ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a   Nardi, Kim ^b   Anderson, Marti J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISHING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; REEF; TRANSITION ZONE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

HOUTMAN ABROLHOS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

CHAETODON; CHROMIS WESTAUSTRALIS; CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; CORIS AURICULARIS; DASCYLLUS TRIMACULATUS; GLAUCOSOMA HEBRAICUM; GYMNOTHORAX; KYPHOSUS SYDNEYANUS; LETHRINUS MINIATUS; LETHRINUS NEBULOSUS; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; SCARUS; THALASSOMA LUNARE; THALASSOMA LUTESCENS;

EID: 34548695706     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0767-0     Document Type: Article

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