Fish assemblages inside and outside marine protected areas off northern Iceland: protection effects or environmental confounds?

Fisheries Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 50-59

  Jaworski, Andrzej ^a   Solmundsson, Jon ^b   Ragnarsson, Stefan Aki ^b  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cod; Fish assemblage; Fish density; Marine protected areas; Mean size

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS;

EID: 73449083356     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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