Marine habitat classification for ecosystem-based management: A proposed hierarchical framework

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 793-806

  Guarinello, Marisa L ^a   Shumchenia, Emily J ^a   King, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Ecosystem based management; Habitat classification; Mapping; Marine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL HABITATS; BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURES; CURRENT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CLASSIFICATION; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MAPPING SYSTEMS; MULTISCALES; TEMPORAL SCALE; TOPDOWN;

DECISION MAKING; MAPPING; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CLASSIFICATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CLASSIFICATION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODE ISLAND; SEAWATER;

EID: 77952093074     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9430-5     Document Type: Review

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