What lies underneath: Conserving the oceans' genetic resources

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 18318-18324

  Arrieta, Jesús M ^a   Arnaud Haond, Sophie ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Gene patents; Law of the sea; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; Natural products

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC RESOURCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PATENTS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649899202     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911897107     Document Type: Review

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