Assessing the impact of fishing in shallow rocky reefs: A multivariate approach to ecosystem management

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 203-213

  Sangil, Carlos ^a   Martín García, Laura ^b   Clemente, Sabrina ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Conservation status; Diadema africana; NE Atlantic Ocean; Trophic cascades; Zoning impacts

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIADEMA AFRICANA; NE ATLANTIC; TROPHIC CASCADES;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REEFS;

FISHERIES;

CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REEF; ROCKY SHORE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CORAL REEF; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA URCHIN; SEAWEED; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); CANARY ISLANDS; LA PALMA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

DIADEMA; ECHINOIDEA; PISCES;

CANARY ISLANDS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIADEMA AFRICANA; NE ATLANTIC OCEAN; TROPHIC CASCADES; ZONING IMPACTS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 84886102385     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.041     Document Type: Article

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