Long-Term Recovery Patterns and Limited Spillover of Large Predatory Fish in a Mediterranean MPA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  García Rubies, Antoni ^a   Hereu, Bernat ^b   Zabala, Mikel ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTEX DENTEX; DICENTRACHUS LABRAX; DIPLODUS CERVINUS; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS; FISH; FISHING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION RECOVERY; SCIAENA AURATA; SCIAENA UMBRA; SPILLOVER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884194385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073922     Document Type: Article

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