Sensitivity of marine protected area network connectivity to atmospheric variability

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Fox, Alan D ^a,c   Henry, Lea Anne ^a,c   Corne, David W ^a   Roberts, J Murray ^a,b,c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold water coral; Connectivity; Interannual variability; Marine protected area; North atlantic oscillation; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997207167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160494     Document Type: Article

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