Relative importance of habitat and fishing in influencing reef fish communities across seventeen Pacific Island Countries and Territories

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-379

  Pinca, S ^a   Kronen, M ^a   Magron, F ^a   Mcardle, B ^b   Vigliola, L ^a,c   Kulbicki, M ^d   Andrefouet S ^c  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Fish community composition; Fishing impact; Habitat variability; Redundancy analysis; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BIOMASS; CATCH COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDIBLE SPECIES; FAUNISTICS; FINFISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TERRITORY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACANTHURIDAE; BALISTIDAE; LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MULLIDAE; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SIGANIDAE;

EID: 84869498079     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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