Gradients of abundance and biomass across reserve boundaries in six Mediterranean marine protected areas: Evidence of fish spillover?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1829-1839

  Harmelin Vivien, Mireille ^a   Le Diréach, Laurence ^b   Bayle Sempere, Just ^c   Charbonnel, Eric ^b,d   García Charton, José Antonio ^e   Ody, Denis ^f   Pérez Ruzafa, Angel ^e   Reñones, Olga ^g   Sánchez Jerez, Pablo ^c   Valle, Carlos ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d Observatoire   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^f WWF France   (France)

^g Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish spillover; Fisheries; Marine reserves; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FISHERY; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 46749106666     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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