A concept for biological valuation in the marine environment

Oceanologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-128

  Derous, Sofie ^a   Agardy, Tundi ^b   Hillewaert, Hans ^c   Jamieson, Glen ^d   Lieberknecht, Louise ^e   Mees, Jan ^f   Moulaert, Ine ^c   Olenin, Sergej ^g   Paelinckx, Desire ^h   Rabaut, Marijn ^a   Rachor, Eike ⁱ   Roff, John ^j   Stienen, Eric Willem Maria ^h   van der Wal, Jan Tjalling ^k   van Lancker, Vera ^a   Verfaillie, Els ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Wesławski, Jan Marcin ^l   Degraer, Steven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Sound Seas   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^d PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^e JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^f FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

^g KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

ⁱ ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^j ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k TNO   (Netherlands)

^l INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological valuation criteria; Hotspot approach; Intrinsic value; Marine biological valuation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; MAP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34047178405     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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