Evidence of artisanal fishing impacts and depth refuge in assemblages of Fijian reef fish

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 507-517

  Goetze, J S ^a   Langlois, T J ^a   Egli, D P ^b   Harvey, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishing; Baited video; Depth refuge; Fijian reef fish; Marine reserves; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BAIT; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; REFUGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

FIJI; KUBULAU; VANUA LEVU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79955908833     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0732-8     Document Type: Article

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