Establishing baselines for recovery in a marine reserve (Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand) using local ecological knowledge

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3038-3046

  Taylor, Richard B ^a   Morrison, Mark A ^b   Shears, Nick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Historical reconstruction; Human impacts; Overfishing; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CORAL; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LOBSTER; MARINE PARK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; RECONSTRUCTION; SHARK; SPONGE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; POOR KNIGHTS ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS; PISCES; SAGMARIASUS VERREAUXI; SPARIDAE;

EID: 83555174616     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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