Conservation Objectives and Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies in the Great Barrier Reef

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 799-809

  Ban, Natalie C ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Weeks, Scarla ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coral reefs; Marine conservation; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; SST

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; REFUGIUM; RESERVE DESIGN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ZONING POLICY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; OCEANS AND SEAS; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865965233     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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