The Darwin Mounds special area of conservation: Implications for offshore marine governance

Marine Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-32

  De Santo, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Darwin Mounds; Exclusive economic zones; Exclusive fishing zones; Marine environmental governance; Maritime spatial planning; Offshore marine protected area

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARINE PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84876116827     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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