Marine protected area networks: Assessing whether the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Grorud Colvert, Kirsten ^a   Claudet, Joachim ^b,c   Tissot, Brian N ^d   Caselle, Jennifer E ^e   Carr, Mark H ^f   Day, Jon C ^g   Friedlander, Alan M ^h   Lester, Sarah E ^e   De Loma, Thierry Lison ^c,i   Malone, Daniel ^f   Walsh, William J ^j  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Excellence 'Corail'   (France)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^j State of Hawai'i   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SEA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84905408231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102298     Document Type: Article

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