Coral reef health and effects of socio-economic factors in Fiji and Cook Islands

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1281-1293

  Hoffmann, Tegan Churcher ^a  

^a The Coral Reef Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community based conservation; Coral reef; Ecosystem health; Marine resource management

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; LAND USE; REEFS;

TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; COOK ISLANDS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FIJI; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COOK ISLANDS; FIJI;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIJI; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036851419     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00260-6     Document Type: Article

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