Variation in responses of fishes across multiple reserves within a network of marine protected areas in temperate waters.

Meta-analyses of field studies have shown that biomass, density, species richness, and size of organisms protected by no-take marine reserves generally increase over time. The magnitude and timing of changes in these response variables, however, vary greatly and depend upon the taxonomic groups prot...

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Main Authors: Richard M Starr, Dean E Wendt, Cheryl L Barnes, Corina I Marks, Dan Malone, Grant Waltz, Katherine T Schmidt, Jennifer Chiu, Andrea L Launer, Nathan C Hall, Noëlle Yochum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4356516?pdf=render