Ecological mapping and data quality assessment for the needs of ecosystem-based marine spatial management: Case study Greek Ionian Sea and the adjacent gulfs

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-311

  Issaris, Y ^a,b   Katsanevakis, S ^a,c   Pantazi, M ^a   Vassilopoulou, V ^a   Panayotidis, P ^a   Kavadas, S ^a   Kokkali, A ^a   Salomidi, M ^a   Frantzis, A ^d   Panou, A ^e   Damalas, D ^a,c   Klaoudatos, D ^a   Sakellariou, D ^a   Drakopoulou, V ^a   Kyriakidou, C ^a   Maina, I ^a   Fric, J ^f   Smith, C ^a   Giakoumi, S ^a   Karris, G ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute   (Greece)

^e Archipelagos environment and development   (Greece)

^f Hellenic Ornithological Society Athens   (Greece)

^g Hellenic Ornithological Society ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem components; Human uses; Ionian sea; Marine spatial planning; Quality assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874003084     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.312     Document Type: Article

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