Assessing the Effectiveness of Marine Reserves on Unsustainably Harvested Long-Lived Sessile Invertebrates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-96

  Linares, Cristina ^a,b   Garrabou, Joaquim ^b   Hereu, Bernat ^a   Diaz, David ^c   Marschal, Christian ^d   Sala, Enric ^e,f   Zabala, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

reas marinas protegidas; Buceo; Corallium rubrum; Efectos del buceo; Mar Mediterr neo; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean Sea; Overfishing; Pesca furtiva; Poaching; Scuba diving effects; Sobrepesca

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COLONY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; POACHING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCUBA DIVING; SESSILE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY;

CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; MEDES ISLANDS; MEDES ISLANDS MARINE RESERVE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 84856317226     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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