The documentation for Marxan includes technical information about how Marxan works, how to use Marxan, and how to troubleshoot when faced with common problems.

User Manuals

Marxan

Ball, I.R., and H.P. Possingham, 2000. MARXAN (V1.8.2): Marine Reserve Design Using Spatially Explicit Annealing, a Manual.

Game, E.T. and H.S. Grantham, 2008. Marxan User Manual: For Marxan version 1.8.10. University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, and Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Marxan in Spanish

Game, E. T. y H. S. Grantham. (2008). Manual del Usuario de Marxan: Para la versión Marxan 1.8.10. Universidad de Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, y la Asociación para la Investigación y Análisis Marino del Pacífico, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadá. *NEW!* 

Marxan with Zones

Watts, M.E., C.K. Klein, R. R. Stewart, I. R. Ball, and H. P. Possingham. 2008. Marxan with Zones (V1.0.1): Conservation Zoning using Spatially Explicit Annealing, a Manual.

Good Practices Handbook

Ardron, J. and C.J. Klein (Eds.), 2008. Marxan good practices handbook. University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, and Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (3.69 MB) also available at PacMARA

Good Practices Handbook in Spanish

Ardron, J.A., Possingham, H.P., y Klein, C.J. (eds) 2008. Guía para las Buenas Prácticas de Marxan. Versión de Revisión Externa; 17 Mayo, 2008. Asociación para la Investigación y Análisis Marino del Pacífico, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 179 páginas. (2.42 MB) also available at PacMARA

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