Using no-take marine reserves as a tool for evaluating rocky-reef fish resources in the western Mediterranean

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 578-590

  Coll, Josep ^a,b   Garcia Rubies, Antoni ^c   Morey, Gabriel ^a,b   Reñones, Olga ^d   Álvarez Berastegui, Diego ^d   Navarro, Oliver ^a   Grau, Antoni M ^a  

^a Govern de les Illes Balears Direcció General de Medi Rural I Marí   (Spain)

^b Tragsatec   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

carrying capacity; environment; fish; no take areas; reference points

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LINEARITY; MARINE PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTECTED AREA; REEF;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

EID: 84876368833     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst025     Document Type: Article

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