The Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean marine mammals

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-391

  Notarbartolo Di Sciara, Giuseppe ^a   Agardy, Tundi ^b   Hyrenbach, David ^c   Scovazzi, Tullio ^d   Van Klaveren, Patrick ^e  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^b Sound Seas   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e International R and D Center MCO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; High seas MPA; Ligurian sea; Marine mammals; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean sea; Pelagos sanctuary

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONACO; PELAGOS SANCTUARY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 45849090799     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.855     Document Type: Review

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