Spatial patterns in impacts of fishing on temperate rocky reefs: Are fish abundance and mean size related to proximity to fisher access points?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-125

  Stuart Smith, Rick D ^a   Barrett, Neville S ^a   Crawford, Christine M ^a   Frusher, Stewart D ^a   Stevenson, David G ^a   Edgar, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boat ramps; Cheilodactylus spectabilis; Commercial fishing; Inshore reefs; Jasus edwardsii; Recreational fishing; Spatial patterns; UVC

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISHING; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOBSTER; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REEF; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

CHEILODACTYLUS SPECTABILIS; JASUS EDWARDSII; LABRIDAE; LOBSTER; PISCES;

EID: 53349164267     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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