Ensuring persistence of marine reserves: Catastrophes require adopting an insurance factor

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Allison, Gary W ^a,d   Gaines, Steven D ^b   Lubchenco, Jane ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hurricane; Marine reserves; Oil spill; Rare events

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE RESERVE; OIL SPILL; RESERVE DESIGN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0038720188     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0008:epomrc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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