Ecology - Ecological effects of marine protected areas conservation, restoration, and functioning

Marine Protected Areas: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-71

  Claudet, Joachim ^a   Guidetti, Paolo ^b   Mouillot, David ^c   Shears, Nick T ^d   Micheli, Fiorenza ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139049382.005     Document Type: Chapter

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