The Namibian Islands' Marine Protected Area: Using seabird tracking data to define boundaries and assess their adequacy

Biological Conservation

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-145

  Ludynia, Katrin ^a   Kemper, Jessica ^b,c   Roux, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES   (Namibia)

^c African Penguin Conservation Project   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem health; Foraging ecology; Marine Protected Area; Reserve design; Threatened seabirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NAMIBIA;

MORUS CAPENSIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX NEGLECTUS; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

EID: 84871926918     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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