Recruitment hotspots boost the effectiveness of no-take marine reserves

Biological Conservation

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-131

  Wen, Colin K C ^a   Almany, Glenn R ^a   Williamson, David H ^a   Pratchett, Morgan S ^a   Mannering, Thomas D ^a   Evans, Richard D ^b,c   Leis, Jeffrey M ^d,e   Srinivasan, Maya ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral trout; Great Barrier Reef; Lutjanus; Marine reserve; N mixture model; Plectropomus; Recruitment; Snapper

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AGE CLASS; BARRIER REEF; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; FISHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KEPPEL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84880617020     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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