Marine reserve recovery rates towards a baseline are slower for reef fish community life histories than biomass

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1821, 2015, Pages

  McClanahan, T R ^a   Graham, N A J ^b,c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisheries recovery; Indian Ocean; Marine spatial planning; Size and age at maturity

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BIOMASS; CLOSURE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPLIANCE; CORAL REEF; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE PARK; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPATIAL PLANNING;

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; INDIAN OCEAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; INDIAN OCEAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951923946     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1938     Document Type: Article

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