Applying ecological criteria to marine reserve design: A case study from the California Channel Islands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Airamé, Satie ^a   Dugan, Jenifer E ^b   Lafferty, Kevin D ^b   Leslie, Heather ^c   McArdle, Deborah A ^d   Warner, Robert R ^b  

^a Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Channel Islands; Connectivity; Ecological linkages; Fisheries management; Habitat; Marine reserves; MPA; Reserve size; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA; RESERVE DESIGN;

CHANNEL ISLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0010838840     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0170:aectmr]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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