An ounce of prevention: Cost-effectiveness of coral reef rehabilitation relative to enforcement

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-250

  Haisfield, Kelly M ^a,b   Fox, Helen E ^a   Yen, Sheen ^a,c   Mangubhai, Sangeeta ^d   Mous, Peter J ^e  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Indonesia; Management; Protection; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79957647615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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