@article {449,
	title = {Ecological effects of Atlanto-Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas in the European Union},
	year = {2006},
	edition = {EMPAFISH European Marine Protected Areas as tools for Fisheries management and conservation},
	abstract = {<p>The general objective of EMPAFISH Work Package 1 (WP1: \&quot;Ecological  effects of Marine Protected Areas\&quot;) is to identify and quantify  ecological effects of MPAs and to organise the findings in a database  for subsequent global metaanalysis and modelling. This booklet  constitutes deliverable no. 3 of the EMPAFISH project, under WP1. The  present document begins with a brief review of the ecological processes  important for conservation and what are, generally speaking, the  expected ecological effects of MPAs. The core of the document is devoted  to descriptions of the research done to date at each EMPAFISH case  study site to document and understand the ecological effects of  protection measures. The bibliography gives an updated list of  articles/references on all ecological studies at the 20 case study sites  included in the EMPAFISH project..</p>},
	keywords = {Adriatic Sea, Bouches de Bonifacio, Cabo de Palos-Islas Hormigas, Castellamare, Cerb{\`e}re-Banyuls, Columbretes, conservation, C{\^o}te Bleue, database, eastern Mediterranean, ecological indicator, France, impact, island, Italy, Ligurian Sea, Malta, marine protected area, Medes, Mediterranean sea, protected area, protection, protection measure, Rdum Majjiesa and Ras ir-Raheb, research, review, San Antonio, Sicilia, Sierra Gelada \& Benidorm islets, Sinis - Mal di Ventre, Spain, Tabarca, Toscan, Ustica, western Mediterranean},
	url = {http://www.um.es/empafish/},
	author = {S. Planes and A. P{\'e}rez-Ruzafa and J-A. Garcia-Charton and R. Higgins and P. Smith and F. Vandeperre and C. Marcos and S. Mangi}
}
