A critique of claims for negative impacts of Marine Protected Areas on fisheries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 637-641

  Hughes, T P ^a   Cameron, D S ^b   Chin, A ^a   Connolly, S R ^a   Day, J C ^a   Jones, G P ^a   McCook, L ^a   McGinnity, P ^c   Mumby, P J ^a,d   Pears, R J ^b   Pressey, R L ^a   Russ, G R ^a   Tanzer, J ^e   Tobin, A ^a   Young, M A L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c Reef Ecologic Research and Consulting   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CORAL REEF; FISH; FISHERY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHERIES; FISHES;

EID: 84969670572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0457     Document Type: Letter

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