Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no-take marine protected area

ABSTRACT The Chagos Archipelago was designated a no‐take marine protected area (MPA) in 2010; it covers 550 000 km2, with more than 60 000 km2 shallow limestone platform and reefs. This has doubled the global cover of such MPAs. It contains 25–50% of the Indian Ocean reef area remaining in excellent...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Aquatic conservation 2012-03, Vol.22 (2), p.232-261
Hauptverfasser:	Sheppard, C. R. C., Ateweberhan, M., Bowen, B. W., Carr, P., Chen, C. A., Clubbe, C., Craig, M. T., Ebinghaus, R., Eble, J., Fitzsimmons, N., Gaither, M. R., Gan, C-H., Gollock, M., Guzman, N., Graham, N. A. J., Harris, A., Jones, R., Keshavmurthy, S., Koldewey, H., Lundin, C. G., Mortimer, J. A., Obura, D., Pfeiffer, M., Price, A. R. G., Purkis, S., Raines, P., Readman, J. W., Riegl, B., Rogers, A., Schleyer, M., Seaward, M. R. D, Sheppard, A. L. S., Tamelander, J., Turner, J. R., Visram, S., Vogler, C., Vogt, S., Wolschke, H., Yang, J. M-C., Yang, S-Y., Yesson, C.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	birds British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos coconuts conservation areas coral recovery corals crabs environmental law fish fisheries Indian Ocean indigenous species island conservation islands limestone marine invasives marine protected area mortality reef disease reef fishes reefs seamounts turtles
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