Systematic conservation planning in the eastern English Channel: Comparing the Marxan and Zonation decision-support tools

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-83

  Delavenne, Juliette ^a   Metcalfe, Kristian ^b   Smith, Robert J ^b   Vaz, Sandrine ^a   Martin, Corinne S ^c   Dupuis, Ludovic ^d   Coppin, Franck ^a   Carpentier, Andre ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern English Channel; Marine conservation planning; Marxan; Spatial conservation prioritization; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA INTERPRETATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE PARK; NETWORK DESIGN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITIZATION; RESERVE DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 83255165390     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr180     Document Type: Article

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