Mangrove-reef connectivity promotes the effectiveness of marine reserves across the western Pacific

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1040-1049

  Olds, Andrew D ^a   Albert, Simon ^b   Maxwell, Paul S ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coral reef; Coral Triangle; Fish; Great Barrier Reef; Landscape ecology; Mangroves; Marine reserve; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MANGROVE; MARINE PARK; NATURE RESERVE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MORETON BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QUEENSLAND; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULIDAE; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LUTJANIDAE; PLECTORHINCHUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SIGANIDAE; SPARIDAE;

EID: 84881541603     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12072     Document Type: Article

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