Conservation Benefits of Marine Reserves are Undiminished Near Coastal Rivers and Cities

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 312-319

  Huijbers, Chantal M ^a,b   Connolly, Rod M ^a   Pitt, Kylie A ^a   Schoeman, David S ^b   Schlacher, Thomas A ^b   Burfeind, Dana D ^a,c   Steele, Chantel ^a   Olds, Andrew D ^a,b   Maxwell, Paul S ^a   Babcock, Russell C ^d   Rissik, David ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Conservation planning; Human impact; Marine protected areas; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930720996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12128     Document Type: Article

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