Marine reserves can enhance ecological resilience

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1301-1310

  Barnett, Lewis A K ^a,b,c   Baskett, Marissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Cultivation effect; Depensation; Ecological resilience; Marine protected area; Sebastes; Spatial management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CULLING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; MARINE PARK; PREDATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; TELEOST;

SEBASTES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; MARKOV CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84946231460     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12524     Document Type: Article

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