Ecological effects of marine reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 429, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-225

  Guarderas, A Paulina ^a,b   Hacker, Sally D ^a   Lubchenco, Jane ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto Nazca de Investigaciones Marinas   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Biomass; Body size; Caribbean; Density; Latin America; Marine reserves; Response to protection; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE PARK; MOBILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; LATIN AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956110714     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09103     Document Type: Article

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