Using community-level metrics to monitor the effects of marine protected areas on biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 775-783

  Soykan, Candan U ^a,b   Lewison, Rebecca L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Ecological indicator; Monitoring; MPA; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES;

EID: 84929289041     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12445     Document Type: Article

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