Conserving Biodiversity in a Human-Dominated World: Degradation of Marine Sessile Communities within a Protected Area with Conflicting Human Uses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Parravicini, Valeriano ^a,b   Micheli, Fiorenza ^c   Montefalcone, Monica ^d   Morri, Carla ^d   Villa, Elisa ^d   Castellano, Michela ^d   Povero, Paolo ^d   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^d  

^a Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOREMEDIATION; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDICTION; SESSILE SPECIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS;

EID: 84885463961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075767     Document Type: Article

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