A GIS-based tool for representing larval dispersal for marine reserve selection

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-513

  Fischer, Douglas T ^a   White, J Wilson ^b   Botsford, Louis W ^c   Largier, John ^d   Kaplan, David M ^e  

^a Research Scientist with Arcadis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; Metapopulation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PLANNING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053262071     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.585079     Document Type: Article

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