Spatio-temporal patterns of fishing pressure on UK marine landscapes, and their implications for spatial planning and management

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1081-1091

  Stelzenmüller, Vanessa ^a   Rogers, Stuart I ^a   Mills, Craig M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

GIS; Marine spatial planning; Semi variogram; Spatial autocorrelation; VMS

Indexed keywords

FISHING; GIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; PATCHINESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PLANNING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; TRAWLING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 46249108251     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn073     Document Type: Article

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