Large marine protected areas - advantages and challenges of going big

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 24, Issue S2, 2014, Pages 24-30

  Wilhelm, T 'Aulani ^a   Sheppard, Charles R C ^b   Sheppard, Anne L S ^b   Gaymer, Carlos F ^c,d,e   Parks, John ^f   Wagner, Daniel ^a   Lewis, Nai'a ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI)   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^f Marine Management Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Aichi targets; Biodiversity; Convention on Biological Diversity; Large scale MPA; Marine protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913600272     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2499     Document Type: Article

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