Exploitation-related reef fish species richness depletion in the epicenter of marine biodiversity

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-420

  Nañola Jr , Cleto L ^a,b   Aliño, Porfirio M ^b   Carpenter, Kent E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MINDANAO   (Philippines)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographic regions; Overexploitation; Reef fish species richness; Species loss

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; OVERFISHING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 79952767499     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9750-6     Document Type: Article

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