Benefits and challenges of scaling up expansion of marine protected area networks in the Verde Island Passage, Central Philippines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Horigue, Vera ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Mills, Morena ^c   Brotánková, Jana ^a   Cabral, Reniel ^d,e   Andréfouët, Serge ^f  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e National Institute of Physics University of the Philippines ^*  (Philippines)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHILIPPINES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCALE UP; AQUATIC SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; MARINE BIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84942694130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135789     Document Type: Article

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