Combined effects of levels of protection and environmental variables at different spatial resolutions on fish assemblages in a marine protected area;Efectos Combinados de Niveles de Protección y Variables Ambientales en Resoluciones Espaciales Diferentes Sobre Ensambles de Peces en un Área Marina Protegida

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-114

  Claudet, Joachim ^a,b   García Charton, José Antonio ^c   Lenfant, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Full protection; Geographic information system (GIS); Landscape ecology; Marine reserve; Partial protection; Seascape sampling unit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUFFER ZONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARINE PARK; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PISCES;

EID: 78751671403     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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