Evaluation of ecosystem-based marine management strategies based on risk assessment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-166

  Piet, Gerjan J ^a   Jongbloed, Ruud H ^a   Knights, Antony M ^b,c   Tamis, Jacqueline E ^a   Paijmans, Anneke J ^a   van der Sluis, Marieken T ^a   de Vries, Pepijn ^a   Robinson, Leonie A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DPSIR; Ecosystem based management; Marine strategy framework directive; Remediation; Restoration; Spatio temporal distribution controls

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84925965075     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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