Assessing the importance of fishing impacts on Hawaiian coral reef fish assemblages along regional-scale human population gradients

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-272

  Williams, I D ^a,b   Walsh, W J ^b   Schroeder, R E ^c   Friedlander, A M ^d   Richards, B L ^c   Stamoulis, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Fishing; Habitat; Hawaii; Introduced species; Natural refugia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISHING; HABITAT LOSS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGIUM;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 55449090348     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892908004876     Document Type: Article

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