Testing for correspondence between coral reef invertebrate diversity and marine park designation on the Masoala Peninsula of eastern Madagascar

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-419

  McClanahan, T R ^a,b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Faunal assemblages; Park designation; Rapid assessment; Regional diversity; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MASOALA NATIONAL PARK; MASOALA PENINSULA;

ANTHOZOA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MASOALA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34547197801     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.775     Document Type: Article

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