Habitat-specific larval dispersal and marine connectivity: Implications for spatial conservation planning

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Anadón, José D ^a,b   Mancha Cisneros, Maria Del Mar ^a   Best, Benjamin D ^c   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Graph theory; Gulf of California; Larval dispersal; Marine connectivity; Marine Life Protection Act; Marine protected areas networks; Rules of thumb; Spacing rules.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900411330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00119.1     Document Type: Article

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