The utility and limitations of size and spacing guidelines for designing marine protected area (MPA) networks

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 306-318

  Moffitt, Elizabeth A ^a   Wilson White, J ^a   Botsford, Louis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal per recruit; Home range; Larval dispersal; Marine reserve; Population persistence; Spatially explicit population model

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; COAST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIAMETER; DISPERSAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; HOME RANGE; LARVA; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE; SPACING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751566543     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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