Assessing Global Marine Biodiversity Status within a Coupled Socio-Ecological Perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Selig, Elizabeth R ^a   Longo, Catherine ^b   Halpern, Benjamin S ^b,c   Best, Benjamin D ^b,d   Hardy, Darren ^b   Elfes, Cristiane T ^c,e   Scarborough, Courtney ^b   Kleisner, Kristin M ^f   Katona, Steven K ^a  

^a Conservation International   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Biodiversity Assessment Unit ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATERS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCEAN HEALTH INDEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES HABITAT; TREND STUDY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876136745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060284     Document Type: Article

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