Movement of sonically tagged bluespine unicornfish, Naso unicornis, in relation to marine reserve boundaries in Rodrigues, western Indian Ocean

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Hardman, Emily ^a   Green, John M ^b   Desiré, M Sabrina ^a   Perrine, Sydney ^a  

^a Pointe Monier ^*  (Mauritius)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluespine unicornfish decline; Home ranges; Lagoon fishery; Long term monitoring; Sonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; CATCH COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISHING; HOME RANGE; LAGOON; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEMETRY;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; RODRIGUEZ ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; NASO UNICORNIS;

EID: 77957235805     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1102     Document Type: Article

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