Catch Rates, Composition and Fish Size from Reefs Managed with Periodically-Harvested Closures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Cohen, Philippa Jane ^a,b   Alexander, Timothy J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CATCH RATE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; HARVESTING; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; FISHERIES; FISHES;

EID: 84884187782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073383     Document Type: Article

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