A global map of human impact on marine ecosystems

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5865, 2008, Pages 948-952

  Halpern, Benjamin S ^a   Walbridge, Shaun ^a   Selkoe, Kimberly A ^a,b   Kappel, Carrie V ^a   Micheli, Fiorenza ^c   D'Agrosa, Caterina ^d,o   Bruno, John F ^e   Casey, Kenneth S ^f   Ebert, Colin ^a   Fox, Helen E ^g   Fujita, Rod ^h   Heinemann, Dennis ⁱ   Lenihan, Hunter S ^j   Madin, Elizabeth M P ^j   Perry, Matthew T ^a   Selig, Elizabeth R ^f,k   Spalding, Mark ^l   Steneck, Robert ^m   Watson, Reg ⁿ  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g World Wildlife Fund United States ^*  (United States)

^h Environmental Defense   (United States)

ⁱ Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^l THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^o ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MAP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 39349108357     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1149345     Document Type: Article

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