Monitoring human activity in an area dedicated to the protection of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal

Coastal Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-306

  Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^a   Dendrinos, Panayiotis ^b   Tounta, Eleni ^b   Kotomatas, Spyros ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOm/Hellenic Soc Stud Protect M   (Greece)

Author keywords

Marine protected areas; Mediterranean monk seal; Monitoring; National Marine Park of Alonnisos; Northern Sporades; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALONNISOS MARINE PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MAGNESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPORADES; THESSALY;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 3142683843     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750490448523     Document Type: Article

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