Design of marine protected areas in a human-dominated seascape

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 13-24

  Fraschetti, Simonetta ^a   D'Ambrosio, Paolo ^a   Micheli, Fiorenza ^b   Pizzolante, Fausto ^a   Bussotti, Simona ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Human impacts and constraints; Marine protected areas; Marine seascapes; MARXAN; Mediterranean Sea; MPA networks; Site selection algorithms

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DENSITY; RESERVE DESIGN; RESOURCE USE; SITE SELECTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 60949083977     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07781     Document Type: Article

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