Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 18278-18285

  McCook, Laurence J ^a,b   Ayling, Tony ^c   Cappo, Mike ^d   Choat, J Howard ^b   Evans, Richard D ^b,f   De Freitas, Debora M ^b   Heupel, Michelle ^b   Hughes, Terry P ^b   Jones, Geoffrey P ^b   Mapstone, Bruce ^e   Marsh, Helene ^e   Mills, Morena ^b   Molloy, Fergus J ^a   Pitcher, C Roland ^e   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Russ, Garry R ^b   Sutton, Stephen ^b   Sweatman, Hugh ^d   Tobin, Renae ^b   Wachenfeld, David R ^a   Williamson, David H ^b   more..

^a GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Sea Research   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity protection; Coral reefs; Economic cost benefit analysis; Social and ecological resilience; Spatial planning and zoning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CORAL; DUGONG; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DUGONG; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; SHARKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURTLES;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ANTHOZOA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77957890017     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909335107     Document Type: Review

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