Marine ecoregions of the world: A bioregionalization of coastal and shelf areas

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 573-583

  Spalding, Mark D ^a   Fox, Helen E ^b   Allen, Gerald R ^c   Davidson, Nick ^d   Ferdaña, Zach A ^a   Finlayson, Max ^e,f   Halpern, Benjamin S ^g   Jorge, Miguel A ^h   Lombana, Al ^b   Lourie, Sara A ⁱ   Martin, Kirsten D ^j   McManus, Edmund ^k   Molnar, Jennifer ^a   Recchia, Cheri A ^l   Robertson, James ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b World Wildlife Fund US ^*  (United States)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d Ramsar Convention on Wetlands   (Switzerland)

^e Department of Ramsar's Scientific and Technical Review Panel ^*

^f INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^h World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j Census of Marine Life Initiative   (Switzerland)

^k UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^l WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ecoregions; Mapping; Marine biogeography; Marine protected areas; Representative conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547133461     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570707     Document Type: Review

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