Patterns of Coral-Reef Finfish Species Disappearances Inferred from Fishers’ Knowledge in Global Epicentre of Marine Shorefish Diversity

In the Philippines, very high fishing pressure coincides with the globally greatest number of shorefish species, yet no long-term fisheries data are available to explore species-level changes that may have occurred widely in the most species rich and vulnerable marine ecosystem, namely coral reefs....

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Main Authors: Lavides, Margarita N., Molina, Erina Pauline V., de la Rosa, Gregorio E., Mill, Aileen C., Rushton, Stephen P., Stead, Selina M., Polunin, Nicholas V. C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871521/