Effectiveness of a small marine reserve in southern China in protecting the harvested sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina: A mark-and-recapture study

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2674-2683

  Lau, Dickey C C ^a   Dumont, Clement P ^b   Lui, Gilbert C S ^c   Qiu, Jian Wen ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anthocidaris crassispina; Growth model; Marine protected area; Mortality rate; Sea urchin; Southern China

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; ECHINODERM; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE PARK; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; PIGMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REFUGIUM; TAGGING;

CHINA;

ANTHOCIDARIS; ANTHOCIDARIS CRASSISPINA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 80052577416     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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