Establishing Representative No‐Take Areas in the Great Barrier Reef: Large‐Scale Implementation of Theory on Marine Protected Areas

Fernandes, Leanne; Day, Jon; Lewis, Adam; Slegers, Suzanne; Kerrigan, Brigid; Breen, Dan; S. Cameron, Darren; Jago, Belinda; D. Hall, James; LOWE, DAVE; Innes, James; Tanzer, John; Foster Chadwick, Virginia; Thompson, Leanne; GORMAN, KERRIE; T. Simmons, Mark; Barnett, Bryony; SAMPSON, KIRSTI; De’ath, Glenn; D. Mapstone, Bruce; Marsh, Helene; P. Possingham, Hugh; R. Ball, Ian; Ward, Trevor; Dobbs, Kirstin; Aumend, James; SLATER, DEB; Stapleton, Kate

doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00302.x

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Establishing Representative No‐Take Areas in the Great Barrier Reef: Large‐Scale Implementation of Theory on Marine Protected Areas

Published in Conservation Biology • Dec 1, 2005

Authors:

Leanne Fernandes

Jon Day

Adam Lewis

Abstract

Abstract: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, an area almost the size of Japan, has a new network of no‐take areas that significantly improves the protection of biodiversity. The new marine park zoning implements, in a quantitative manner, many of the theoretical design principles discussed in the l...

Subject

Marine protected area

Great barrier reef

Environmental resource management

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