From the levant to gibraltar: A regional perspective for marine conservation in the mediterranean sea

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 670-681

  Portman, Michelle E ^a   Nathan, Daniel ^b   Levin, Noam ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human activity; Human impacts; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean; Protection levels; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GIBRALTAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANIZATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84871862642     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0298-x     Document Type: Article

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