Marine protected areas for the temperate and boreal northwest atlantic: The potential for sustainable fisheries and conservation of biodiversity

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 419-434

  Auster, Peter J ^a   Shackell, Nancy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002544969     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2000)007[0419:mpaftt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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