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 …

Depth and habitat determine assemblage structure of South Africa's warm-temperate reef fish

ER Heyns-Veale, ATF Bernard, NB Richoux, D Parker… - Marine biology, 2016 - Springer
Depth and habitat are important predictors of fish assemblage structure, yet current no-take
marine protected area (MPA) networks are generally limited to providing refuge for fish …

Species-packing by reef fishes on Australian and Caribbean reefs: an experimental approach

JA Bohnsack, FH Talbot - Bulletin of Marine Science, 1980 - ingentaconnect.com
Reef fishes rapidly colonized similar isolated model reefs in Australia and Florida. Observed
at the model reefs were a similar total number of species, total number of families, species …

Using patterns of reef fish assemblages to refine a Habitat Classification System for marine parks in NSW, Australia

HA Malcolm, SDA Smith… - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Solitary Islands Marine Park (SIMP) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, is located in
a tropical‐temperate biotone, with variable influence of the tropical East Australian Current …

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 …

Evidence for recovery of a surf-zone fish assemblage following the establishment of a marine reserve on the southern coast of South Africa.

BA Bennett, CG Attwood - Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf, 1991 - int-res.com
This study was designed to establish whether populations of fish species important in the
catches of rock and surf anglers increased following the proclamation of the De Hoop …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying fish assemblages in large, offshore marine protected areas: an Australian case study

NA Hill, N Barrett, E Lawrence, J Hulls… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
As the number of marine protected areas (MPAs) increases globally, so does the need to
assess if MPAs are meeting their management goals. Integral to this assessment is usually a …

Biogeographical and cross-shelf patterns of reef fish assemblages in a transition zone

HA Malcolm, A Jordan, SDA Smith - Marine Biodiversity, 2010 - Springer
Transition zones have complex patterns of biogeography and biodiversity which require
consideration in conservation planning. Cross-shelf patterns of reef fish assemblage …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat specialization in tropical continental shelf demersal fish assemblages

BM Fitzpatrick, ES Harvey, AJ Heyward, EJ Twiggs… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The implications of shallow water impacts such as fishing and climate change on fish
assemblages are generally considered in isolation from the distribution and abundance of …

Big fish in shallow water; use of an intertidal surf-zone habitat by large-bodied teleosts and elasmobranchs in tropical northern Australia

AJ Tobin, A Mapleston, AV Harry… - Environmental Biology of …, 2014 - Springer
Shallow intertidal habitats are recognised as critical for larval and juvenile fish, and are often
assumed to function as refuge areas where predation risk is reduced. Yet there is growing …