Decreased tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic positively affects reef fish in a high use marine protected area

Kevin C. Weng; Alan M. Friedlander; Laura Gajdzik; Whitney Goodell; Russell T. Sparks

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0283683

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Decreased tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic positively affects reef fish in a high use marine protected area

Kevin C. Weng ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kcweng@wm.edu

Affiliation Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-7152

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Alan M. Friedlander,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai`i, United States of America, Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Laura Gajdzik,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, Hawai`i, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6781-9625

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Whitney Goodell,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai`i, United States of America, Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Russell T. Sparks

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, Hawai`i, United States of America
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Decreased tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic positively affects reef fish in a high use marine protected area

Kevin C. Weng,
Alan M. Friedlander,
Laura Gajdzik,
Whitney Goodell,
Russell T. Sparks

Published: April 12, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283683

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