Essential ecological insights for marine ecosystem-based management and marine spatial planning

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 772-778

  Crowder, Larry ^a   Norse, Elliott ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based management; Marine ecology; Marine spatial planning; Ocean zoning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL PLANNING;

EID: 47849116455     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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