Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 508, Issue , 2014, Pages 261-281

  Levin, Noam ^a   Coll, Marta ^b,c   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^d   Gal, Gideon ^e   Giakoumi, Sylvaine ^f,g   Göke, Cordula ^h   Heymans, Johanna Jacomina ⁱ   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^j   Mazor, Tessa ^g   Öztürk, Bayram ^k   Rilov, Gil ^e   Gajewski, Juliusz ^l   Steenbeek, Jeroen ^m   Kark, Salit ^g  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^e ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^j JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^k ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l Maritime Institute of Gdansk   (Poland)

^m Ecopath International Initiative Research Association   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Bathymetry; Biodiversity; Conservation planning; Habitats; Mediterranean Sea; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAPPING; MARINE PARK; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84905685588     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10857     Document Type: Review

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