Assessing the ecological and economic benefits of a no-take marine reserve

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Wielgus, Jeffrey ^a   Sala, Enric ^b,c   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Bioeconomics; Diving; Fisheries; Groupers; Gulf of California; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPLOITATION; FISHING; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPAWNING GROUND; SUSTAINABILITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FELIDAE; MYCTEROPERCA ROSACEA;

EID: 48549084571     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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