Patterns of extinction risk and threat for marine vertebrates and habitat-forming species in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 448, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-104

  Polidoro, B A ^a   Brooks, T ^b,c,d   Carpenter, K E ^a   Edgar, G J ^e,f,g   Henderson, S ^f   Sanciangco, J ^a   Robertson, D R ^h  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURESERVE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^g Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^h SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Extinction risk theory; IUCN Red List; Marine species; Threatened species; Tropical Eastern Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED LIST; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857525876     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09545     Document Type: Article

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