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PT J
TI Herbivorous fishes and the potential of Caribbean marine reserves to preserve coral reef ecosystems
BT 
AF KOPP, Dorothee
   BOUCHON-NAVARO, Yolande
   LOUIS, Max
   MOUILLOT, David
   BOUCHON, Claude
AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:1;4:3;5:1;
FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 Univ Antilles Guyane, Biol Marine Lab, DYNECAR, Pointe A Pitre 97159, Guadeloupe.
   IFREMER, EMH, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
   Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, IFREMER, UMR 5119,IRD,ECOLAG, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France.
C2 UNIV ANTILLES GUYANE, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
SI NANTES
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 1.968
TC 3
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12214/9551.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;marine protected areas;canonical analysis of principal coordinates;sex change;coral reefs;phase shifts;Caribbean
AB 1. The development of macroalgae to the detriment of corals is now one of the major threats to coral reefs. Herbivorous fishes are partly responsible for algal regulation on coral reefs and their overexploitation favours the shift from scleractinian coral-dominated systems towards macroalgae-dominated systems. 2. Marine protected areas (MPAs) that have been established worldwide may benefit coral reefs through the maintenance of high densities of herbivorous fishes which regulate algal growth. 3. The paper assesses whether small MPAs in the Caribbean are able to enhance herbivorous fish stock and by controlling macroalgae help to maintain reef ecosystems. A visual census using band-transects was undertaken around Guadeloupe island where marine reserves have been in place since 1979. The effects of MPAs on both benthic communities and herbivorous fishes are examined. 4. Inside MPAs, herbivorous fish biomass was almost twice as high as outside MPAs and macroalgal cover was significantly lower. Fish size class distributions revealed that large individuals occurred mainly inside MPAs and that few male individuals were found outside MPAs. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY 2010
PD JUN
SO Aquatic Conservation-marine And Freshwater Ecosystems
SN 1052-7613
PU John Wiley & Sons Ltd
VL 20
IS 5
UT 000280636900004
BP 516
EP 524
DI 10.1002/aqc.1118
ID 12214
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