Marine reserve networks conserve biodiversity by stabilizing communities and maintaining food web structure

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Wing, Stephen R ^a   Jack, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Fishing; Marine reserve network; Reef fish community; Species richness; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901066410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00257.1     Document Type: Article

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