Seamounts, sanctuaries and sustainability: Moving towards deep-sea conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 601-605

  Probert, P Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deep sea conservation; Fishing impacts; Seamounts

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032786088     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(199911/12)9:6<601::aid-aqc365>3.0.co;2-o     Document Type: Review

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