Minimizing the short-term impacts of marine reserves on fisheries while meeting long-term goals for recovery

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 180-189

  Brown, Christopher J ^a   Abdullah, Sabah ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Ecosystem model; Fishery economics; Livelihood; Marine conservation; Marine protected area; Sasi

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84931824398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12124     Document Type: Article

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