From principles to practice: A spatial approach to systematic conservation planning in the deep sea

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1773, 2013, Pages

  Wedding, L M ^a,b,e   Friedlander, A M ^a,b   Kittinger, J N ^a,e   Watling, L ^a   Gaines, S D ^d   Bennett, M ^e   Hardy, S M ^c,f   Smith, C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal plains; Deep sea; Geographic information system; Marine protected area network; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEEP SEA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GIS; MARINE PARK; MINING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK; MINING; SEA; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; DEEP SEA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MINING; OCEANS AND SEAS;

CLARION FRACTURE ZONE; CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84899816396     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1684     Document Type: Article

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