Indirect Effects of Conservation Policies on the Coupled Human-Natural Ecosystem of the Upper Gulf of California

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Morzaria Luna, Hem Nalini ^a   Ainsworth, Cameron H ^a,d   Kaplan, Isaac C ^b   Levin, Phillip S ^b   Fulton, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a Marine Resources Assessment Group Americas Incorporated   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; SEAL; SHARK; SHRIMP; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84877742443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064085     Document Type: Article

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