Promise and problems for estimating management costs of marine protected areas

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-252

  Ban, Natalie C ^a   Adams, Vanessa ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Hicks, John ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral sea; Great barrier reef; Management costs; Marine conservation; Marine protected areas; Pelagic MPA

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80053203541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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