Size-selective harvesting alters life histories of a temperate sex-changing fish

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2268-2280

  Hamilton, Scott L ^a   Caselle, Jennifer E ^a   Standish, Julie D ^a   Schroeder, Donna M ^b   Love, Milton S ^a   Rosales Casian, Jorge A ^c   Sosa Nishizaki, Oscar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Historical comparisons; Kelp forest fish; Maturation; Protogyny; Selective fishing pressure; Semicossyphus pulcher; Sequential hermaphrodite; Sex ratios; Size at age

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; KELP FOREST; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOGYNY; ROCKY SHORE; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL; SIZE SELECTION; SPORT FISHING; SURVIVORSHIP;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TORTUGAS BAY; UNITED STATES;

LABRIDAE; SEMICOSSYPHUS PULCHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FISHES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 39349107846     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1930.1     Document Type: Article

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