Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 590-595

  Paddack, Michelle J ^a,b   Reynolds, John D ^a   Aguilar, Consuelo ^c   Appeldoorn, Richard S ^d   Beets, Jim ^e   Burkett, Edward W ^f   Chittaro, Paul M ^g   Clarke, Kristen ^h   Esteves, Rene ^d   Fonseca, Ana C ⁱ   Forrester, Graham E ^j   Friedlander, Alan M ^k   García Sais, Jorge ^d   González Sansón, Gaspar ^c   Jordan, Lance K B ^l   McClellan, David B ^m   Miller, Margaret W ^m   Molloy, Philip P ^a   Mumby, Peter J ⁿ   Nagelkerken, Ivan ^o   Nemeth, Michael ^d   Navas Camacho, Raúl ^p   Pitt, Joanna ^q   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^r   Reyes Nivia, Maria Catalina ^p,s   Robertson, D Ross ^t   Rodríguez Ramírez, Alberto ^p   Salas, Eva ⁱ   Smith, Struan R ^u   Spieler, Richard E ^l   Steele, Mark A ^v   Williams, Ivor D ^w   Wormald, Clare L ^v   Watkinson, Andrew R ^b   Côté, Isabelle M ^a   more..

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^g NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^j UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^l NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^o RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^p INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^q Marine Resources Section   (Bermuda)

^r NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^t APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^u GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 64449085761     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.041     Document Type: Article

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