Evaluating the relative conservation value of fully and partially protected marine areas

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-77

  Sciberras, Marija ^a   Jenkins, Stuart R ^a   Mant, Rebecca ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^a   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b   Pullin, Andrew S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploitation status; Fish; Marine protected areas; MPA design; Protection level; Weighted meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923078442     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12044     Document Type: Article

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