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15 - Marine Protected Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2017

P. Keith Probert
P. Keith Probert
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University of Otago, New Zealand
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Marine Conservation , pp. 397 - 422
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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