Designing a network of marine protected areas in California: Achievements, costs, lessons learned, and challenges ahead

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-101

  Gleason, Mary ^a   Fox, Evan ^b   Ashcraft, Susan ^c   Vasques, Jason ^c,h   Whiteman, Elizabeth ^d   Serpa, Paulo ^c   Saarman, Emily ^e   Caldwell, Meg ^f   Frimodig, Adam ^c   Miller Henson, Melissa ^b   Kirlin, John ^b   Ota, Becky ^c   Pope, Elizabeth ^c   Weber, Mike ^g   Wiseman, Ken ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Department of Water Resources Sacramento   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d California Ocean Science Trust   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^g LLP   (United States)

^h The Coral Reef Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE HABITATS; FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS; MARINE LIFE PROTECTION ACTS; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS;

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

INVESTMENTS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HABITAT TYPE; INVESTMENT; MARINE PARK; MONITORING; PLANNING PROCESS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875259461     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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