Lobster and cod benefit from small-scale northern marine protected areas: Inference from an empirical before-after control-impact study

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1754, 2013, Pages

  Moland, Even ^a   Olsen, Esben Moland ^a,b,c   Knutsen, Halvor ^a,b,c   Garrigou, Pauline ^d   Espeland, Sigurd Heiberg ^a   Kleiven, Alf Ring ^a   André, Carl ^e   Knutsen, Jan Atle ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^d Association l'Atelier Bleu   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f County Governor of Aust Agder ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Baseline information; Before after control impact; Gadus morhua; Homarus gammarus; Marine reserves; Mark recapture

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID; LOBSTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE PARK; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SHELLFISH; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

GADUS MORHUA; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 84872232156     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2679     Document Type: Article

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