Reserves as tools for alleviating impacts of marine disease

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1689, 2016, Pages

  Lamb, Joleah B ^a,b,c   Wenger, Amelia S ^a   Devlin, Michelle J ^a   Ceccarelli, Daniela M ^a   Williamson, David H ^a   Willis, Bette L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Marine protected areas; No take reserve; Pollution run off; Resilience; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CORAL REEF; DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPLOITATION; MARINE PARK; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84958093837     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0210     Document Type: Article

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