Recovery of grouper assemblages indicates effectiveness of a marine protected area in Southern Brazil

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 514, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-215

  Anderson, A B ^a   Bonaldo, R M ^b   Barneche, D R ^c   Hackradt, C W ^d   Felix Hackradt F C ^d   Garcia Charton J A ^e   Floeter, S R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Grupo de Pesquisa em Carcinologia e Biodiversidade Aquática   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Epinephelidae; Fisheries; Reef fishes; Rocky reef; Serranidae; Southwestern Atlantic; Top predators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908703212     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11032     Document Type: Article

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