Cumulative human impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea marine ecosystems: Assessing current pressures and opportunities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Micheli, Fiorenza ^a   Halpern, Benjamin S ^b,c   Walbridge, Shaun ^d   Ciriaco, Saul ^e   Ferretti, Francesco ^a   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^f   Lewison, Rebecca ^g   Nykjaer, Leo ^h   Rosenberg, Andrew A ⁱ  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ESRI   (United States)

^e Miramare Marine Protected Area   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^g SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BLACK SEA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84891896867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079889     Document Type: Article

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