Great Barrier Reef No-Take Areas Include a Range of Disturbance Regimes

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 191-199

  Maynard, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Beeden, Roger ^c,d   Puotinen, Marjetta ^e   Johnson, Johanna E ^d,f   Marshall, Paul ^g,h   van Hooidonk, Ruben ^i,j   Heron, Scott F ^d,k   Devlin, Michelle ^f   Lawrey, Eric ^e   Dryden, Jen ^c   Ban, Natalie ^l   Wachenfeld, David ^c   Planes, Serge ^b  

^a Marine Applied Research Center   (United States)

^b Université de Perpignan   (France)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^f C2O Consulting   (Australia)

^g Reef Ecologic Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^k NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

climate change; Coral reefs; exposure; management; marine protected areas; spatial planning; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942287091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12198     Document Type: Letter

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