[PDF][PDF] Evaluating the effectiveness of marine protected areas as a fisheries management tool

CD Buxton, NS Barrett, M Haddon, C Gardner… - 2006 - academia.edu
The survey protocol agreed at a national project workshop has been used in baseline
surveys undertaken in new or proposed MPAs in Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and …

Do partial marine reserves protect reef fish assemblages?

CM Denny, RC Babcock - Biological conservation, 2004 - Elsevier
Fish assemblages in the Mimiwhangata Marine Park, an area closed to commercial fishing
but open to most forms of recreational fishing, were compared with adjacent fished areas …

Marine reserves demonstrate top-down control of community structure on temperate reefs

NT Shears, RC Babcock - Oecologia, 2002 - Springer
Replicated ecological studies in marine reserves and associated unprotected areas are
valuable in examining top-down impacts on communities and the ecosystem-level effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Inter-and intra-habitat movement patterns and population dynamics of small reef fishes of commercial and recreational significance

VV Hilomen - 1997 - researchonline.jcu.edu.au
This research examined smaller reef fishes of commercial and recreational fishing
significance (ie snappers, emperors and groupers) on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) …

Patterns of distribution and movement of fishes, Ophthalmolepis lineolatus and Hypoplectrodes maccullochi, on temperate rocky reefs of south eastern Australia

MJ Kingsford, IJ Carlson - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2010 - Springer
Current ecological models predict that reef fish assemblages will be strongly influenced by
habitat type. Here we test hypotheses about habitat types and abundance patterns of …

Fish-habitat associations in the region offshore from James Price Point-a rapid assessment using Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS)

M Cappo, M Stowar, C Syms… - Journal of the …, 2011 - researchonline.jcu.edu.au
A" snapshot" of the fish-habitat associations in the vicinity of James Price Point was obtained
during a single expedition in October 2009, when Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations …

[PDF][PDF] Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: reef fishes

SA Shepherd, JB Brook - Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2003 - researchgate.net
Summary SHEPHERD, SA & BROOK, JB (2003) Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St
Francis, South Australia: Reef fishes. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 127 (2), 269-279, 28 November …

Effects of marine reserve protection at Goat Island, northern New Zealand

RG Cole, TM Ayling, RG Creese - New Zealand Journal of Marine …, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
The possible effects that marine reserve protection has had on densities of some reef fish
and large invertebrates were investigated near Leigh (north‐eastern New Zealand) by a …

Biogeographical and ecological context for managing threats to coral and rocky reef communities in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park, south‐western Pacific

GJ Edgar, A Davey, G Kelly… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative subtidal surveys of fishes, macro‐invertebrates and sessile organisms at 33
sites within the Lord Howe Island Marine Park revealed a rich fauna and flora, including 164 …

Small home range in southern Australia's largest resident reef fish, the western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii): implications for adequacy of no-take marine …

S Bryars, P Rogers, C Huveneers… - Marine and …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
No-take marine protected areas (MPAs) represent an effective biodiversity conservation tool
for a range of species including resident reef fishes that are intrinsically vulnerable to …