Reconciling conflict between the direct and indirect effects of marine reserve protection

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-236

  Shears, Nick T ^a   Kushner, David J ^b   Katz, Stephen L ^c   Gaines, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Channel Islands National Park   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

kelp forests; marine protected areas; northern Channel Islands; sea urchin harvesting; sea urchins; size mediated interactions; Strongylocentrotus franciscanus; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

KELP FORESTS; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NORTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS; SEA URCHIN; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; TROPHIC CASCADES;

HARVESTING; MAMMALS; SHELLFISH;

CONSERVATION;

BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; KELP FOREST; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SIZE SELECTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 84865451364     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000082     Document Type: Article

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