Comparison of outcomes of permanently closed and periodically harvested coral reef reserves

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1475-1484

  Bartlett, C Y ^a   Manua, C ^b   Cinner, J ^a   Sutton, S ^a   Jimmy, R ^c   South, R ^d   Nilsson, J ^a   Raina, J ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Nguna Pele Marine Protected Area Network   (Vanuatu)

^c Vanuatu Fisheries Department   (Vanuatu)

^d Intl Ocean Inst Reg Ctr A   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Community conserved area (CCA); Coral reef; Marine invertebrate; Marine protected area; Marine reserve; Reef fish; Taboo; Traditional fisheries; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MARINE PARK; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VANUATU;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VANUATU;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; TRIDACNIDAE; TROCHIDAE; TROCHUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 70450240890     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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