Large recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve.

No-take marine reserves are effective management tools used to restore fish biomass and community structure in areas depleted by overfishing. Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP) was created in 1995 and is the only well enforced no-take area in the Gulf of California, Mexico, mostly because of widespread...

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Main Authors: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Brad Erisman, Grantly R Galland, Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio, Enric Sala, Exequiel Ezcurra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3155316?pdf=render