Evidence-based marine protected area planning for a highly mobile endangered marine vertebrate

Biological Conservation

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-109

  Schofield, Gail ^a   Scott, Rebecca ^a,b   Dimadi, Alexandra ^c   Fossette, Sabrina ^a,d   Katselidis, Kostas A ^c,e   Koutsoubas, Drosos ^c,f   Lilley, Martin K S ^a,g   Pantis, John D ^h   Karagouni, Amalia D ⁱ   Hays, Graeme C ^a,j  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c National Marine Park of Zakynthos   (Greece)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Decision support; Ecology; Natural resource management; Phenology; Policy; Sea turtle; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GPS; MARINE PARK; PHENOLOGY; RESERVE DESIGN; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS]; ZAKYNTHOS NATIONAL MARINE PARK;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876696695     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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