Effectiveness of surrogate taxa in the design of coral reef reserve systems in the Indo-Pacific

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1584-1593

  Beger, Maria ^a   McKenna, Sheila A ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Conservation representation surrogates; Coral reefs; Cross taxon congruence; Surrogate taxa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; MARINE PARK; NATURE RESERVE; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLLUSC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLLUSCA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 37349005221     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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