An experimental evaluation of the effect of escape gaps on the quantity, diversity, and size of fish caught in traps in Montserrat

• Jason Flower ,

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

  * E-mail: jflower@ucsb.edu

  Affiliations Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, Environmental Market Solutions Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6731-8182

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• Andy Estep,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Waitt Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Keinan James,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Youth Apprenticeship Program, Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs & Sports, Brades, Montserrat

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• Robin Ramdeen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Waitt Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States of America

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• Claire A. Runge,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

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• Lennon Thomas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America, Environmental Market Solutions Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

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• Sarah E. Lester

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America

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