Protection enhances community and habitat stability: evidence from a mediterranean marine protected area.
Rare evidences support that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) enhance the stability of marine habitats and assemblages. Based on nine years of observation (2001-2009) inside and outside a well managed MPA, we assessed the potential of conservation and management actions to modify patterns of spatial and...
Main Authors: | Simonetta Fraschetti, Giuseppe Guarnieri, Stanislao Bevilacqua, Antonio Terlizzi, Ferdinando Boero |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3859515?pdf=render |
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