Marine biodiversity: Patterns, threats and conservation needs

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-175

  Gray, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

habitat and landscape conservation; integrated coastal area management; patterns of diversity; threats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION NEED; MARINE BIODIVERSITY; RESOURCE CONSERVATION;

EID: 0030621077     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018335901847     Document Type: Article

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