The last call for marine wilderness?

BioScience

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-402

  Graham, Nicholas A J ^a   McClanahan, Tim R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

coral reef ecology; fishery closures; governance; marine policy; marine protected areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84878482136     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.13     Document Type: Article

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