Conservation of coral reef biodiversity: A comparison of reserve selection procedures for corals and fishes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Beger, Maria ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   Munday, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Coral reef conservation; Marine protected areas; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; SITE SELECTION;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0037408579     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00249-5     Document Type: Article

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