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Redefining community based on place attachment in a connected world

Georgina G. Gurney, Jessica Blythe, View ORCID ProfileHelen Adams, W. Neil Adger, Matthew Curnock, Lucy Faulkner, Thomas James, and View ORCID ProfileNadine A. Marshall
PNAS first published September 5, 2017; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712125114
Georgina G. Gurney
aAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;
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aAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;
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eGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia;
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  1. Edited by Anthony J. Bebbington, Clark University, Worcester, MA, and approved August 10, 2017 (received for review July 11, 2017)

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201712125
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712125114
PubMed: 
28874573

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published September 5, 2017.

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Author Information

  1. Georgina G. Gurneya,1,
  2. Jessica Blythea,b,
  3. Helen Adamsc,
  4. W. Neil Adgerd,
  5. Matthew Curnocke,f,
  6. Lucy Faulknerd,
  7. Thomas Jamesd, and
  8. Nadine A. Marshallf
  1. aAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;
  2. bWorldFish, Honiara, Solomon Islands;
  3. cDepartment of Geography, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom;
  4. dGeography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom;
  5. eGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia;
  6. fCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Land and Water, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
  1. Edited by Anthony J. Bebbington, Clark University, Worcester, MA, and approved August 10, 2017 (received for review July 11, 2017)

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: georgina.gurney{at}gmail.com.
  • Author contributions: G.G.G., J.B., H.A., W.N.A., M.C., L.F., T.J., and N.A.M. designed research; G.G.G., M.C., and N.A.M. performed research; G.G.G. analyzed data; and G.G.G., J.B., H.A., W.N.A., T.J., and N.A.M. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • Data deposition: The data reported in this paper are available at the Social and Economic Long Term Monitoring Program (SELTMP) for the Great Barrier Reef, seltmp.eatlas.org.au/seltmp/survey-data.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1712125114/-/DCSupplemental.

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