Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: Linking knowledge to action

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Fox, Helen E ^a   Mascia, Michael B ^a   Basurto, Xavier ^b   Costa, Alice ^c   Glew, Louise ^a   Heinemann, Dennis ^d,n   Karrer, Leah B ^e   Lester, Sarah E ^f   Lombana, Alfonso V ^a   Pomeroy, Robert S ^g   Recchia, Cheri A ^h,o   Roberts, Callum M ⁱ   Sanchirico, James N ^j,k   Pet Soede, Lida ^l   White, Alan T ^m  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WWF Mozambique Coordination Office   (Mozambique)

^d Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

^e Marine Management Area Science Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^h C/O California Ocean Science Trust ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^l Coral Triangle Network Initiative WWF Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^m TNC Asia Pacific Program   (United States)

ⁿ Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

^o Walton Family Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adaptive management; Fisheries; Impact evaluation; Marine policy; Marine reserves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862273492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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