Tradeoffs in marine reserve design: Habitat condition, representation, and socioeconomic costs

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 324-332

  Klein, Carissa J ^a   Tulloch, Vivitskaia J ^a   Halpern, Benjamin S ^b,c   Selkoe, Kimberly A ^b,d   Watts, Matthew E ^a   Steinback, Charles ^e   Scholz, Astrid ^e   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Ecotrust   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation planning; Cumulative human impact; Land sea planning; Marine protected area; Marxan; Spatial conservation prioritization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885457124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12005     Document Type: Article

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