Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: A meta-analytical approach

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-426

  Vandeperre, Frederic ^a   Higgins, Ruth M ^a   Sánchez Meca, Julio ^b   Maynou, Francesc ^c   Goñi, Raquel ^d   Martín Sosa, Pablo ^e   Pérez Ruzafa, Angel ^b   Afonso, Pedro ^a   Bertocci, Iacopo ^f   Crec'hriou, Romain ^g   D'Anna, Giovanni ^h   Dimech, Mark ⁱ   Dorta, Carmelo ^j   Esparza, Oscar ^b   Falcón, Jesús M ^e,j   Forcada, Aitor ^k   Guala, Ivan ^l   Le Direach, Laurence ^m   Marcos, Concepción ^b   Ojeda Martínez, Celia ^k   Pipitone, Carlo ^h   Schembri, Patrick J ⁱ   Stelzenmüller, Vanessa ^c   Stobart, Ben ^d   Santos, Ricardo S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^e Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Cayman Islands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h CNR IAMC Sede di Castellammare del Golfo   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^j UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^l International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^m AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Catch per unit effort; Fishery yields; Marine protected area design; Marine reserve; Meta analysis; Spillover

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIODIVERSITY; CATCH STATISTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; META-ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 80054878671     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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