How accessible are coral reefs to people? A global assessment based on travel time

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 351-360

  Maire, Eva ^a,b   Cinner, Joshua ^b   Velez, Laure ^a   Huchery, Cindy ^b   Mora, Camilo ^c   Dagata, Stephanie ^a,d,f   Vigliola, Laurent ^d   Wantiez, Laurent ^e   Kulbicki, Michel ^d   Mouillot, David ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Coral reefs; Marine protected areas; Social ecological; Travel time

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL REEF; FISH; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TRAVEL TIME;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; TIME FACTOR; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84975783216     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12577     Document Type: Article

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