Marine protected area networks: assessing whether the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Marine protected area networks: assessing whether the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Anthropogenic impacts are increasingly affecting the world's oceans. Networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) provide an option for increasing the ecological and economic benefits often provided by single MPAs. It is vital to empirically assess the effects of MPA networks and to prioritize the...

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Main Authors: Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Joachim Claudet, Brian N Tissot, Jennifer E Caselle, Mark H Carr, Jon C Day, Alan M Friedlander, Sarah E Lester, Thierry Lison de Loma, Daniel Malone, William J Walsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4118840?pdf=render

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