The Role of Citizens in Detecting and Responding to a Rapid Marine Invasion

Conservation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 242-250

  Scyphers, Steven B ^a   Powers, Sean P ^b   Akins, J Lad ^c   Drymon, J Marcus ^b   Martin, Charles W ^d   Schobernd, Zeb H ^e   Schofield, Pamela J ^f   Shipp, Robert L ^g   Switzer, Theodore S ^h  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA Fisheries   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^h FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Conservation planning; Participatory management; Pterois volitans; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

PTEROIS; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

EID: 84940192220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12127     Document Type: Article

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