Effects of protection from fishing on the lengths of targeted and non-targeted fish species at the houtman abrolhos islands, western australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 384, Issue , 2009, Pages 241-249

  Watson, Dianne L ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^b   Kendrick, Gary A ^a   Nardi, Kim ^c   Harvey, Euan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Baited remote stereo video; Coral reefs; Fish length; Houtman Abrolhos Islands; Marine protected areas

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHING; ISLAND; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HOUTMAN ABROLHOS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; CHOERODON RUBESCENS; CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; CORIS AURICULARIS; LETHRINUS MINIATUS; LETHRINUS NEBULOSUS; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS;

EID: 67651102485     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08009     Document Type: Article

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