Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: a globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on February 22, 2010

Authors

Laurence J McCook1, Tony Ayling, Mike Cappo, J Howard Choat, Richard D Evans, Debora M De Freitas, Michelle Heupel, Terry P Hughes, Geoffrey P Jones, Bruce Mapstone, Helene Marsh, Morena Mills, Fergus J Molloy, C Roland Pitcher, Robert L Pressey, Garry R Russ, Stephen Sutton, Hugh Sweatman, Renae Tobin, David R Wachenfeld, David H Williamson

Author Affiliations

1: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority,Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia. l.mccook@gbrmpa.gov.au

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