Coral reefs and the global network of marine protected areas

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5781, 2006, Pages 1750-1751

  Mora, Camilo ^a,b   Andréfouët, Serge ^c   Costello, Mark J ^a   Kranenburg, Christine ^d   Rollo, Audrey ^a   Veron, John ^e   Gaston, Kevin J ^f   Myers, Ransom A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CORAL REEFS; GLOBAL NETWORK; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; MARINE RESERVES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; MARINE PARK;

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; TAXON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 33745484474     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125295     Document Type: Short Survey

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16. We thank all the managers, researchers, and institutions who provided data. R. Metzger helped in data gathering and P. Wong and D. Egli provided Geographic Information Systems advice. We are grateful for the comments of P. Sale, J. Montgomery, D. Pelletier, P. Usseglio, D. Egli, M. Spalding, R. Taylor, T. Langlois, A. Cozens, and J. McPherson. Funding was provided by the Owen Glenn bequest for marine sciences at University of Auckland and the Sloan Foundation Census of Marine Life through the Future of Marine Animal Populations and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System, the Millennium Coral Reef Mapping project was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to S.A and F. Muller-Karger at University of South Florida.