Do no-take reserves benefit Florida's corals? 14 years of change and stasis in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 565-577

  Toth, L T ^a   van Woesik, R ^a   Murdoch, T J T ^b   Smith, S R ^c   Ogden, J C ^d   Precht, W F ^e   Aronson, R B ^a  

^a Department of Biological Sciences Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Bermuda Zoological Society   (Bermuda)

^c Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo   (Bermuda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Dial Cordy and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; FKNMS; Florida Keys; Marine protected areas; Montastraea; Orbicella

Indexed keywords

ANNULARIS SPECIES COMPLEX; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA;

EID: 84905826731     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1158-x     Document Type: Article

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