Research, assessment and management on the Mascarene Plateau: A large marine ecosystem perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1826, 2005, Pages 295-307

  Payet, Rolph ^a  

^a Marine Parks Authority   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Mah ; Plateau; Saya de Malha Bank; Seychelles Bank; Sustainable ocean governance; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244281068     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1494     Document Type: Review

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