Impacts of artisanal fishing on key functional groups and the potential vulnerability of coral reefs

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-337

  Lokrantz, Jerker ^a   Nystrm, Magnus ^a   Norstrm, Albert V ^a   Folke, Carl ^a,b   Cinner, Joshua E ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishing; Coral reefs; Ecosystem function; Functional groups; Herbivory; Resilience; Vulnerability; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHING; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; HERBIVORY;

ANIMALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EXCAVATION; EXCAVATORS; FISHERIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; REEFS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; ARTISANAL FISHERY; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 77952427116     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000147     Document Type: Article

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