Could European marine conservation policy benefit from systematic conservation planning?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 762-775

  Giakoumi, Sylvaine ^a   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a,b   Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki ^a   Panayotidis, Panayotis ^a   Kavadas, Stefanos ^a   Issaris, Yiannis ^a   Kokkali, Athina ^a   Frantzis, Alexandros ^c   Panou, Aliki ^d   Mavrommati, Georgia ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute NGO   (Greece)

^d Archipelagos environment and development NGO   (Greece)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Coastal; Ecosystem approach; Fishing; Habitats Directive; Invertebrates; Lagoon; Mammals; Recreation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING EFFORT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAGOON; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; PRIORITIZATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOFTWARE;

GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870693263     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2273     Document Type: Article

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