A stochastic approach to marine reserve design: Incorporating data uncertainty

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 321-333

  Beech, Talia ^a   Dowd, Michael ^b   Field, Chris ^b   Hatcher, Bruce ^c   Andréfouët, Serge ^d  

^a Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Centre   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Coral reefs; Data uncertainty; Decision support; Integer programming; Landsat 7; Marine reserve design; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; MPA; Optimization; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BARRIER REEF; BIODIVERSITY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MARINE PARK; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 55749115077     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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