Accommodating dynamic oceanographic processes and pelagic biodiversity in marine conservation planning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Grantham, Hedley S ^a   Game, Edward T ^b   Lombard, Amanda T ^c   Hobday, Alistair J ^d   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,d   Beckley, Lynnath E ^e   Pressey, Robert L ^a,i   Huggett, Jenny A ^f,g   Coetzee, Janet C ^f   van der Lingen, Carl D ^f,g   Petersen, Samantha L ^h   Merkle, Dagmar ^f   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism   (Saudi Arabia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h WWF South Africa   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; SOUTH AFRICA;

PISCES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79551627427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016552     Document Type: Article

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