Trade-offs between data resolution, accuracy, and cost when choosing information to plan reserves for coral reef ecosystems

Conservation planners must reconcile trade-offs associated with using biodiversity data of differing qualities to make decisions. Coarse habitat classifications are commonly used as surrogates to design marine reserve networks when fine-scale biodiversity data are incomplete or unavailable. Although...

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Published in:	Journal of environmental management Vol. 188; pp. 108 - 119
Main Authors:	Tulloch, Vivitskaia J., Klein, Carissa J., Jupiter, Stacy D., Tulloch, Ayesha I.T., Roelfsema, Chris, Possingham, Hugh P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017
Subjects:	Biodiversity Conservation Conservation of Natural Resources - economics Conservation of Natural Resources - methods Coral Reefs corals Cost-effectiveness Data Accuracy data collection decision making ecosystems Fiji Fisheries Geographic Mapping Habitat classification habitat conservation Marine protected area Parks, Recreational - economics planning remote sensing reserve networks risk seagrasses Spatial planning Surrogate ISEW, Pacific, Fiji Fiji Habitat classification Marine protected area Surrogate Spatial planning Cost-effectiveness Conservation
ISSN:	0301-4797, 1095-8630, 1095-8630
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