Chagos feels the pinch: assessment of holothurian (sea cucumber) abundance, illegal harvesting and conservation prospects in British Indian Ocean Territory

1.Data are analysed from visual censuses of shallow-water holothurians (sea cucumbers) in 72 shallow water transects 100 mx2 m within four atolls of Chagos. Mean holothurian abundance in Diego Garcia, where harvesting is absent, was 18.5 individuals/transect (all transects) and 55.4 individuals/tran...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Aquatic conservation 2010-01, Vol.20 (1), p.117-126
Hauptverfasser:	Price, A.R.G, Harris, A, Mcgowan, A, Venkatachalam, A.J, Sheppard, C.R.C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Biological and medical sciences Chagos Archipelago Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife coral reefs Echinodermata fishery Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Holothuria atra Holothuria nobilis Holothurioidea Invertebrates Marine marine resources poaching Stichopus chloronotus
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