Genetic testing reveals some mislabeling but general compliance with a ban on herbivorous fish harvesting in Belize

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-140

  Cox, Courtney E ^a   Jones, Corbin D ^a   Wares, John P ^b   Castillo, Karl D ^c   Mcfield, Melanie D ^d   Bruno, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Healthy Reefs   (Belize)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral reef; DNA barcoding; Mislabeling; Overfishing; Parrotfish; Resource management

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 84876140987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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