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SUBMITTER: Carter AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575329 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carter A B AB Davies C R CR Emslie M J MJ Mapstone B D BD Russ G R GR Tobin A J AJ Williams A J AJ
Scientific reports 20170829 1
No-take marine reserves (NTMRs) are expected to benefit fisheries via the net export of eggs and larvae (recruitment subsidy) from reserves to adjacent fished areas. Quantifying egg production is the first step in evaluating recruitment subsidy potential. We calculated annual egg production per unit area (EPUA) from 2004 to 2013 for the commercially important common coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus, on fished and NTMR reefs throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia. Geographic region ...[more]