Our shifting perspectives on the oceans

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Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-177

  Roberts, Callum M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fisheries; Marine ecosystems; Marine reserves; Oceans; Overexploitation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION; FISHERY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK;

EID: 4444280041     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000358     Document Type: Review

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