Spatial patterns of benthic megahabitats and conservation planning in the Abrolhos Bank

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-117

  Moura, Rodrigo Leão ^a   Secchin, Nélio Augusto ^b   Amado Filho, Gilberto Menezes ^c   Francini Filho, Ronaldo Bastos ^d   Freitas, Matheus Oliveira ^e   Minte Vera, Carolina Viviana ^f   Teixeira, João Batista ^g   Thompson, Fabiano Lopes ^a   Dutra, Guilherme Fraga ^h   Sumida, Paulo Yukio Gomes ⁱ   Guth, Arthur Zigliatti ⁱ   Lopes, Rubens Mendes ⁱ   Bastos, Alex Cardoso ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^e Museu de Historia Natural Capao da Imbuia   (Brazil)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^h Conservation International ^*  (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Habitat; Marine protected areas; South Atlantic; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; REEF; REMOTE SENSING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ABROLHOS BANK; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84889574073     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.036     Document Type: Article

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