Community-based conservation results in the recovery of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Coral Triangle

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1850-1858

  Hamilton, R J ^a   Potuku, T ^a   Montambault, J R ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based; Coral Triangle; Fish spawning aggregation; Marine protected areas; Monitoring; Recovery

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING POPULATION; VULNERABILITY;

NEW IRELAND [(PRV) PAPUA NEW GUINEA]; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS FUSCOGUTTATUS; EPINEPHELUS POLYPHEKADION; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS;

EID: 79957633455     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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