Selecting marine reserves using habitats and species assemblages as surrogates for biological diversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 691-698

  Ward, T J ^a   Vanderklift, M A ^a   Nicholls, A O ^a   Kenchington, R A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Fish; Habitats and species assemblages as surrogates; Invertebrates; Marine biodiversity management; Marine protected areas; Minimum set; Plants; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033135196     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0691:SMRUHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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