Disturbance of a rare seabird by ship-based tourism in a marine protected area.

Managers of marine protected areas (MPAs) must often seek ways to allow for visitation while minimizing impacts to the resources they are intended to protect. Using shipboard observers, we quantified the "zone of disturbance" for Kittlitz's and marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus breviro...

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Main Authors: Timothy K Marcella, Scott M Gende, Daniel D Roby, Arthur Allignol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5425178?pdf=render