Synthesis of Knowledge on Marine Biodiversity in European Seas: From Census to Sustainable Management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E ^a   Coll, Marta ^b   Danovaro, Roberto ^c   Davidson, Keith ^a   Ojaveer, Henn ^d   Renaud, Paul E ^e,f  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LATITUDE; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CENSUSES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84875057992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058909     Document Type: Article

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