Decadal trends in marine reserves reveal differential rates of change in direct and indirect effects

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

Volumn 107, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 18256-18261

  Babcock, R C ^a   Shears, N T ^b   Alcala, A C ^c   Barrett, N S ^d   Edgar, G J ^d   Lafferty, K D ^b   McClanahan, T R ^e   Russ, G R ^f  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fishing effects; Interactions; Marine protected area; Time lags; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGANISM; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649834832     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908012107     Document Type: Article

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