Lessons from the past: The collapse of Jamaican coral reefs

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-158

  Hardt, Marah J ^a  

^a Blue Ocean Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean reef fish; Coral reef degradation; Historical ecology; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISHING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; STOCK COLLAPSE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 66149175833     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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