A new approach to selecting Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Harris, Jane ^a   Haward, Marcus ^a   Jabour, Julia ^a   Woehler, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Biodiversity; Conservation; Protected area system; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34249024780     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000260     Document Type: Article

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