Applying marine protected area design models in large estuarine systems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 373, Issue , 2008, Pages 11-23

  Neely, Amanda E ^a,b   Zajac, Roman N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Estuary; Long Island Sound; Macrobenthos; Marine protected areas; MARXAN; MPA; Sea floor landscape

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE PARK; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849096651     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07727     Document Type: Article

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