Effects of a large-scale and offshore marine protected area on the demersal fish assemblage in the Southwest Atlantic

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-134

  Alemany, Daniela ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^a   Acha, Eduardo M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

abundance; closed area; fish size; fishing effort

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; COMPLIANCE; DATABASE; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHING EFFORT; GADOID; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAWLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); PATAGONIAN SHELF;

MERLUCCIUS HUBBSI; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 84871183717     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss166     Document Type: Article

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