Coral reef habitats as surrogates of species, ecological functions, and ecosystem services

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 941-951

  Mumby, Peter J ^a   Broad, Kenneth ^b   Brumbaugh, Daniel R ^c,d   Dahlgren, Craig P ^e   Harborne, Alastair R ^a   Hastings, Alan ^f   Holmes, Katherine E ^c   Kappel, Carrie V ^g   Micheli, Fiorenza ^h   Sanchirico, James N ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d National MPA Center   (United States)

^e Perry Institute for Marine Science   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Complementarity; Conservation planning; Coral reef; Ecosystem services; Habitat representation; Habitat value; Marine reserve; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIELD SURVEY; FISH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE PARK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORESTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; FORESTRY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MONTASTRAEA; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SAIS;

EID: 48749107759     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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