Assessing and managing data-limited ornamental fisheries in coral reefs

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 661-675

  Fujita, Rod ^a   Thornhill, Daniel J ^b   Karr, Kendra ^a   Cooper, Cara H ^a   Dee, Laura E ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarium trade; Curio trade; Data poor fisheries; Ornamental fisheries; Productivity susceptibility analysis; Sustainable fisheries management

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84912024893     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12040     Document Type: Article

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