Reserve effects and natural variation in coral reef communities

1. No-take reserves are a common tool for fisheries management and biodiversity conservation in marine ecosystems. Despite much discussion of their benefits, data documenting many reserve effects are surprisingly scarce. Several studies have also been criticized for a lack of rigour so that changes...

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Published in:	The Journal of applied ecology 2008-08, Vol.45 (4), p.1010-1018
Main Authors:	Harborne, Alastair R., Mumby, Peter J., Kappel, Carrie V., Dahlgren, Craig P., Micheli, Fiorenza, Holmes, Katherine E., Sanchirico, James N., Broad, Kenneth, Elliott, Ian A., Brumbaugh, Daniel R.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Archipelagoes Bahamas Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Biomass Communities community ecology Community structure Comparative analysis Coral reefs Effects Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park Fish Fish scales Fisheries Fisheries management Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Gorgonacea Habitats intra‐habitat variation Keys Marine Marine conservation Marine ecology Marine ecosystems marine fish Marine fishes marine reserves Montastraea reef‐fish communities refuge habitats Reserve Effects sampling design Sea water ecosystems species diversity Synecology The Bahamas trophic cascades trophic relationships
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