Protection measures implemented by New Zealand for vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 397, Issue , 2009, Pages 341-354

  Penney, Andrew J ^a   Parker, Steven J ^b   Brown, James H ^a  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deep sea coral; Spatial fisheries management; SPRFMO; Trawling impacts; Vulnerable marine ecosystems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOTTOM TRAWLING; CORAL; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA; HOPLOSTETHUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 74049157669     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08300     Document Type: Article

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