Actual status of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum populations and macroalgal cover in marine protected areas compared to a highly fished area (Canary Islands - eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1091-1108

  Hernández, José Carlos ^a,b   Clemente, Sabrina ^a   Sangil, Carlos ^a   Brito, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Conservational status; Diadema aff. antillarum; Highly fished area (HFA); Macroalgal assemblages; Marine protected areas (MPAs); Spatial distribution patterns

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECHINODERM; FISHING; GRAZING; MARINE PARK; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRACIOSA [LAS PALMAS]; HIERRO; LA PALMA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; DIADEMA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 54949087879     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.903     Document Type: Article

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