Effects of small, Fijian community-based marine protected areas on exploited reef fishes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 233-243

  Clements, Cody ^a,b   Bonito, Victor ^c   Grober Dunsmore, Rikki ^a,d   Sobey, Milika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Box 183   (Fiji)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral reefs; Fiji; Locally managed marine areas; Resource management; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; MARINE PARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY;

FIJI; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 84858123853     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09554     Document Type: Article

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