Biophysical and anthropogenic influences on the status of Tonga's coral reefs and reef fish fishery.

Despite increasing threats to Tonga's coral reefs from stressors that are both local (e.g. overfishing and pollution) and global (e.g. climate change), there is yet to be a systematic assessment of the status of the country's coral reef ecosystem and reef fish fishery stocks. Here, we prov...

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Main Authors: Patrick Smallhorn-West, Sophie Gordon, Karen Stone, Daniela Ceccarelli, Siola'a Malimali, Tu'ikolongahau Halafihi, Mathew Wyatt, Tom Bridge, Robert Pressey, Geoffrey Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241146