Effects of a single intensive harvest event on fish populations inside a customary marine closure

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-334

  Jupiter, S D ^a   Weeks, R ^a,b   Jenkins, A P ^c   Egli, D P ^a   Cakacaka, A ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reef fisheries; Customary management; Fiji; Marine protected areas; Periodic harvest; Tabu areas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLOSURE; CORAL REEF; FISHING INDUSTRY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INTENSIVE CULTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; PERIODICITY;

FIJI;

ACANTHURIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS; LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; SCARIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 84860387887     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0888-x     Document Type: Article

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