Physiology can contribute to better understanding, management, and conservation of coral reef fishes

Abstract Here, we provide an overview of how physiological research supports evidence-based conservation management of coral reef fishes. In recent years, this connection has improved, but the implementation of management based on physiological findings still needs better advocacy to result in effective conservation of coral reef fish populations and ecosystems.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Conservation Physiology

• Publication date

  2017-02-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/conphys/cox005PMID 28852508PMCID 5570121
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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• No concepts are published for this paper.

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