Marine Reserves Enhance the Recovery of Corals on Caribbean Reefs

Peter J. Mumby; Alastair R. Harborne

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008657

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Marine Reserves Enhance the Recovery of Corals on Caribbean Reefs

Peter J. Mumby ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter J. Mumby, Alastair R. Harborne

* E-mail: P.J.Mumby@ex.ac.uk

Affiliation Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of BioSciences, Hatherly Laboratory, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Alastair R. Harborne

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter J. Mumby, Alastair R. Harborne

Affiliation Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of BioSciences, Hatherly Laboratory, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Marine Reserves Enhance the Recovery of Corals on Caribbean Reefs

Peter J. Mumby,
Alastair R. Harborne

Published: January 11, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008657

About the Authors

Peter J. Mumby

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter J. Mumby, Alastair R. Harborne

* E-mail: P.J.Mumby@ex.ac.uk

Affiliation Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of BioSciences, Hatherly Laboratory, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Alastair R. Harborne

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter J. Mumby, Alastair R. Harborne

Affiliation Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of BioSciences, Hatherly Laboratory, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM AH. Performed the experiments: PM AH. Analyzed the data: PM AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM. Wrote the paper: PM AH.

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