An adaptive management approach to an octocoral fishery based on the Beverton-Holt model

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 751-761

  Goffredo, S ^a   Lasker, H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Coral reef; Maximum sustainable yield; Natural products; Population age structure; Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGE STRUCTURE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISHERY; FISHERY MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVAL; YIELD;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE;

EID: 55349139709     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0391-6     Document Type: Article

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