California marine protected areas
Subtitle: past & present
By: Deborah A. McArdle, editor.
Contributors: McArdle, Deborah A.; David & Lucile Packard Foundation.; University of California (System). Sea Grant College Program.
Series: Publication / California Sea Grant College Program -- no. T-050.; Report (California Sea Grant College System) -- no. T-050.
Publisher: California Sea Grant College Program, University of California
Published: 2002
Place of publication: La Jolla, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Marine parks and reserves -- California -- History.; Marine parks and reserves -- Law and legislation -- California.; Fishery law and legislation -- California.; Marine biological diversity conservation -- California.
Notes: Title from cover.

"Funded by a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and by the National Sea Grant College Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under NOAA Grant #NA06RG0142, Project number A/P-1, through the California Sea Grant College Program"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [24]).

Also available online in PDF format via the California Sea Grant College Program home page.
Table of contents: title: The present: What are the efforts to create fully protected marine reserves?; title: A look at the past: Natural reserves; title: A look at the past: History of reserves prior to 1950; title: Where are we now? Existing marine reserves; title: Where are we now? Do the restrictions enable the MPAs to meet their goals?; title: Research: What are the ecological effects of reserves?; title: Research: Reserves and baseline data; title: Review of research on fully protected California no-take reserves; title: Marine protected area networks; title: Selected references.