Incorporating positive interactions in aquatic restoration and conservation

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Halpern, Benjamin S ^a   Silliman, Brian R ^b   Olden, Julian D ^c   Bruno, John P ^d   Bertness, Mark D ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 34247114209     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[153:IPIIAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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