2007, Proceedings, Biological Sciences/The Royal Society: Impacts of the live reef fish trade on populations of coral reef fish off northern Borneo.

From: Borneo Research Bulletin | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Scales, H.; Balmford, A.; Manica, A. | Copyright information

Scales, H., A. Balmford, and A. Manica, 2007, Impacts of the live reef fish trade on populations of coral reef fish off northern Borneo. Proceedings, Biological Sciences/ The Royal Society, 274(1612): 989-94.

The live reef fish trade (LRFT) is one of the greatest but least-quantified sources of fishing pressure for several species of large coral reef fish across the Indo-Pacific. For the first time we quantified the localized impact of the LRFT. We collected data from th...

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