Testing source-sink theory: The spill-over of mussel recruits beyond marine protected areas

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 859-868

  Ludford, Adam ^a   Cole, Victoria J ^a   Porri, Francesca ^a   McQuaid, Christopher D ^a   Nakin, Motebang D V ^b   Erlandsson, Johan ^c,d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Intertidal; Marine reserve; Metapopulation; Mussels; Source sink

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PERNA; PERNA PERNA;

EID: 84862154369     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9739-y     Document Type: Article

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