Higher taxa are effective surrogates for species in the selection of conservation reserves in estuaries

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 626-636

  Shokri, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Gladstone, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estuary; Invertebrate conservation; Irreplaceability; Marine protected area; Reserve selection; Species richness; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349116509     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1013     Document Type: Article

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