Conservation Planning for Coral Reefs Accounting for Climate Warming Disturbances.

Incorporating warming disturbances into the design of marine protected areas (MPAs) is fundamental to developing appropriate conservation actions that confer coral reef resilience. We propose an MPA design approach that includes spatially- and temporally-varying sea-surface temperature (SST) data, i...

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Main Authors: Rafael A Magris, Scott F Heron, Robert L Pressey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4633137?pdf=render