Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-203

  Caveen, A J ^a   Sweeting, C J ^a   Willis, T J ^b   Polunin, N V C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

biological effects; marine reserves; temperate waters

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MARINE RESERVE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE REGIONS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; FISHERIES;

ECOLOGY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISHERY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE PARK; RESEARCH WORK; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865496234     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000033     Document Type: Article

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