An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-281

  Edgar, Graham J ^a   Barrett, Neville S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cheilodactylus fuscus; effects of fishing; Latridopsis forsteri; long term monitoring; marine reserves; Tasmania; temperate reef

Indexed keywords

CHEILODACTYLUS FUSCUS; LATRIDOPSIS FORSTERI; LONG TERM MONITORING; MARINE RESERVE; TASMANIA;

REEFS; SURVEYS;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHING; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF; SUCCESSION; SURVEY DESIGN; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

CHEILODACTYLUS FUSCUS; INVERTEBRATA; LATRIDAE; LATRIDOPSIS FORSTERI; PISCES;

EID: 84865527264     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000185     Document Type: Article

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