Pre-existing spatial patterns in fish abundances influence species-specific responses in a Caribbean marine reserve

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 432, Issue , 2011, Pages 235-246

  Karnauskas, Mandy ^a   Huntington, Brittany E ^a   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^a   Lirman, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial species; Coral reef fisheries; Fishery management; Marine protected area design; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATOLL; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GLOVERS REEF MARINE RESERVE;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 79959740556     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09151     Document Type: Article

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