Opening of an MPA to fishing: Natural variations in the structure of a coral reef fish assemblage obscure changes due to fishing

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-163

  Kulbicki, Michel ^a,b   Sarramégna, Sébastien ^c   Letourneur, Yves ^d   Wantiez, Laurent ^e   Galzin, René ^a   Mou Tham, Gérard ^b   Chauvet, Claude ^e   Thollot, Pierre ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c Aquarium des Lagons   (New Caledonia)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Fishing; Marine reserve; New Caledonia; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; FISHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ABORE REEF; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW CALEDONIA [NEW CALEDONIA (DPN)]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 36348999641     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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