Current status of marine protected areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1630-1640

  Guarderas, A Paulina ^a   Hacker, Sally D ^a   Lubchenco, Jane ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biogeographic provinces; Caribbean; Latin America; Marine protected areas; No take marine reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL WATER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; SEA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; LATIN AMERICA; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 57449090684     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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