Reef Fishes at All Trophic Levels Respond Positively to Effective Marine Protected Areas.

Reef Fishes at All Trophic Levels Respond Positively to Effective Marine Protected Areas.

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) offer a unique opportunity to test the assumption that fishing pressure affects some trophic groups more than others. Removal of larger predators through fishing is often suggested to have positive flow-on effects for some lower trophic groups, in which case protection...

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Main Authors: German A Soler, Graham J Edgar, Russell J Thomson, Stuart Kininmonth, Stuart J Campbell, Terence P Dawson, Neville S Barrett, Anthony T F Bernard, David E Galván, Trevor J Willis, Timothy J Alexander, Rick D Stuart-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140270

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140270

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