Identifying Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSA): A systematic method and its application to seamounts in the South Pacific Ocean

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-79

  Clark, Malcolm R ^a   Rowden, Ashley A ^a   Schlacher, Thomas A ^b   Guinotte, John ^c   Dunstan, Piers K ^d   Williams, Alan ^d   O'Hara, Timothy D ^e   Watling, Les ^f   Niklitschek, Edwin ^g   Tsuchida, Shinji ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^h JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ITS APPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT UNIT; PRIMARY STRENGTH; SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANS; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; THREATENED SPECIES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; SEAMOUNT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84895878719     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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