Evidence for protection of targeted reef fish on the largest marine reserve in the Caribbean
Marine reserves can restore fish abundance and diversity in areas impacted by overfishing, but the effectiveness of reserves in developing countries where resources for enforcement are limited, have seldom been evaluated. Here we assess whether the establishment in 1996 of the largest marine reserve...
Main Authors: | Fabián Pina-Amargós, Gaspar González-Sansón, Félix Martín-Blanco, Abel Valdivia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2014-02-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/274.pdf |
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