Implications of spatial heterogeneity for management of marine protected areas (MPAs): Examples from assemblages of rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-458

  Benedetti Cecchi, L ^a   Bertocci, I ^a   Micheli, F ^b   Maggi, E ^a   Fosella, T ^a   Vaselli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Invertebrates; Management; MPAs; Rocky shores; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; SHORE PROTECTION; SIZE DETERMINATION; TIDES;

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPA); SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE PARK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; ROCKY SHORE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; REFERENCE VALUES;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037409024     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00310-0     Document Type: Article

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