The Coral Triangle Atlas: An integrated online spatial database system for improving coral reef management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cros, Annick ^a   Fatan, Nurulhuda Ahamad ^b   White, Alan ^a   Teoh, Shwu Jiau ^b   Tan, Stanley ^b   Handayani, Christian ^c   Huang, Charles ^d   Peterson, Nate ^a   Li, Ruben Venegas ^b   Siry, Hendra Yusran ^e   Fitriana, Ria ^f   Gove, Jamison ^g   Acoba, Tomoko ^g   Knight, Maurice ^h   Acosta, Renerio ⁱ   Andrew, Neil ^b   Beare, Doug ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b WorldFish   (Malaysia)

^c Coral Triangle Program WWF Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^d Coral Triangle Program WWF United States ^*  (United States)

^e Coordination and External Affairs Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs and Food Security ^*  (Indonesia)

^f Coral Triangle Center ^*  (Indonesia)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Coral Triangle Support Partnership WWF Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

ⁱ UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHILIPPINES; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TIMOR-LESTE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BOOK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATLASES AS TOPIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84903187813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096332     Document Type: Article

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