Fishing down the largest coral reef fish species

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Fenner, Douglas ^a  

^a Pago Pago AS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coral reef; Fishing; Large fish

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIRDS; FISH; FISHERIES; FISHING (OIL WELLS);

CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF FISH; ECOLOGICAL ROLES; LARGE POPULATION; NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; REEF FISHES;

REEFS;

BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; EXTINCTION; FISH; FISHING; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BOLBOMETOPON MURICATUM; BUMPHEAD PARROT; CARANX IGNOBILIS; CHELINUS UNDULATUS; CHRISTMAS ISLAND; CORAL REEF; CTENOCHAETUS STRIATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA; EPINEPHELUS LANCEOLATUS; FERTILITY; FISH; FISHING; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIANT TREVALLY; HABITAT; HUMAN; HUMPHEAD WRASSE; MATING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTIVORE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHARK; SPAWNING; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; TOURISM;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; FISHING; LARGE FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84903612269     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.049     Document Type: Article

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