Contrasting effects of marine protected areas on the abundance of two exploited reef fishes at the sub-tropical Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia

K Nardi, GP Jones, MJ Moran… - Environmental …, 2004 - cambridge.org
A unique assemblage of tropical and temperate marine organisms characterizes the
Houtman Abrolhos Islands, four clusters of islands and reefs off the coast of mid-Western …

Protection from fishing alters the species composition of fish assemblages in a temperate-tropical transition zone

DL Watson, ES Harvey, GA Kendrick, K Nardi… - Marine Biology, 2007 - Springer
Closure of areas to fishing is expected to result in an increase in the abundance of targeted
species; however, changes to populations of species not targeted by fishermen will depend …

Spatial and habitat-related patterns of temperate reef fish assemblages: implications for the design of Marine Protected Areas

BG Curley, MJ Kingsford… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2002 - CSIRO Publishing
Patterns of rocky reef fish assemblages (composition and relative abundance of species)
were examined to provide data on the design of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which aim …

Density and size of reef fishes in and around a temperate marine reserve

M Kleczkowski, RC Babcock… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
The effects of marine reserve protection on the density, size, biomass, sex-ratio and overall
assemblage structure of reef fishes were investigated at Kingston Reef Sanctuary, Rottnest …

An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas

GJ Edgar, NS Barrett - Environmental Conservation, 2012 - cambridge.org
In order to better understand community-level effects of fishing on temperate reefs at
continental scales, changes in densities of common species in five Australian marine …

Larger biomass of targeted reef fish in no‐take marine reserves on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

RD Evans, GR Russ - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
An expansion of no‐take marine reserve zones of Australia's 348 000 km2 Great Barrier
Reef (GBR) Marine Park from 4.6% to 33.4% of the park area is proposed in 2004. However …

Effects of protection from fishing on the lengths of targeted and non-targeted fish species at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia

DL Watson, MJ Anderson, GA Kendrick… - Marine Ecology …, 2009 - int-res.com
The effects of fishing and protection on the length of targeted and non-targeted warm-
temperate and tropical reef fishes were studied using baited remote underwater stereo …

Targeted demersal fish species exhibit variable responses to long-term protection from fishing at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

KR Bornt, DL McLean, TJ Langlois, ES Harvey… - Coral Reefs, 2015 - Springer
Natural fluctuations in the abundance and length of targeted fish are often disrupted by
acute environmental changes and anthropogenic impacts, particularly fishing pressure …

Fur seal activity moderates the effects of an Australian marine sanctuary on temperate reef fish

BP Kelaher, M Tan, WF Figueira, BM Gillanders… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Offshore islands are often preferentially selected for marine sanctuaries (no take areas) over
inshore reefs on populated coasts because they support relatively unique marine …

Ecological effects of marine protected areas on rocky reef communities—a continental-scale analysis

GJ Edgar, RD Stuart-Smith - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2009 - int-res.com
Data compiled by volunteer divers were utilised in a continental-scale investigation of
ecological differences between reefs in no-take sanctuary zones in marine protected areas …