Marine reserves increase the abundance and size of blue cod and rock lobster

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 366, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-158

  Pande, Anjali ^a,g   MacDiarmid, Alison B ^b   Smith, Peter J ^c,h   Davidson, Robert J ^d   Cole, Russell G ^b   Freeman, Debbie ^e,i   Kelly, Shane ^f   Gardner, Jonathan P A ^a  

^a Victoria Urdversity of Wellington   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d Davidson Environmental Ltd   (New Zealand)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^f Coastal and Aquatic Systems Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^g BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blue cod; Focused comparison tests; Marine conservation; Marine reserves; Mean size and mean abundance; Meta analysis; New Zealand; Rock lobster

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GADOID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOBSTER; MARINE PARK;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

JASUS EDWARDSII; PARAPERCIS COLIAS;

EID: 53549095178     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07494     Document Type: Article

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