Marine no-take zone rapidly benefits endangered penguin

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-501

  Pichegru, L ^a   Gremillet D ^c   Crawford, R J M ^b,d   Ryan, P G ^a  

^a DST/NRF Centre of Excellence   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African penguins; Marine protected areas; Offshore reserves; Seabirds; Susainable fishing; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; PISCES; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PROCEDURES; SEA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77957275743     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0913     Document Type: Article

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