Towards a network of locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Rocliffe, Steve ^a   Peabody, Shawn ^b   Samoilys, Melita ^c   Hawkins, Julie P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b BLUE VENTURES CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^c CORDIO East Africa ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIAN OCEAN; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; TANZANIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84904618249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103000     Document Type: Article

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