Cascading effects of fishing on Galapagos rocky reef communities

ABSTRACT: A replicated comparison of heavily and lightly fished areas in the Galapagos suggested that fishing predators led to an increase in herbivores and a dramatic shift in the algal community toward crustose barrens. We sampled 10 highly fished and 10 lightly fished shallow rocky reefs in the s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine Ecology Progress Series. - Inter-Research, 1979. - 343(2007) vom: Aug., Seite 77-85
1. Verfasser:	Sonnenholzner, Jorge I. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Ladah, Lydia B., Lafferty, Kevin D.
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Marine Ecology Progress Series
Schlagworte:	Trophic cascade Fishing Predation Population structure Eucidaris galapagensis Galapagos Marine Reserve Ecuador Biological sciences Business Physical sciences