Challenges facing a network of representative marine protected areas in the Mediterranean: Prioritizing the protection of underrepresented habitats

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Abdulla, Ameer ^a,e   Gomei, Marina ^a   Hyrenbach, David ^c,e   Notarbartolo Di Sciara, Giuseppe ^d,e   Agardy, Tundi ^b,e  

^a IUCN Global and Mediterranean Marine Programme   (Spain)

^b Sound Seas   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^e IUCN Commission on World Protected Areas Marine Working Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Governance; Mediterranean Sea; MPA networks; Oceanography; Representation; Site selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; MARINE RESOURCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITIZATION; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 58549114506     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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