Design factors and socioeconomic variables associated with ecological responses to fishery closures in the Western Indian Ocean

Coastal Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-424

  Daw, Tim M ^a,b   Cinner, Joshua E ^c   McClanahan, Timothy R ^d   Graham, Nicholas A J ^c   Wilson, Shaun K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Fisheries management; Marine reserves; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SITES; CORAL REEF; DESIGN FACTORS; DESIGN FEATURES; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; FISH POPULATIONS; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; HUMAN POPULATION; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MARINE RESERVE; PHYSICAL DESIGN; POPULATION SIZES; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; DESIGN; ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEFS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79960708813     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2011.589224     Document Type: Article

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