Effects of marine reserves versus nursery habitat availability on structure of reef fish communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Nagelkerken, Ivan ^a,b   Grol, Monique G G ^a,d   Mumby, Peter J ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHING; MANGROVE; MARINE RESERVE; NONHUMAN; NURSERY HABITAT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84861903825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036906     Document Type: Article

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