Towards a framework for assessment and management of cumulative human impacts on marine food webs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1228-1234

  Giakoumi, Sylvaine ^a,b   Halpern, Benjamin S ^c,d   Michel, Loïc N ^e,f   Gobert, Sylvie ^f   Sini, Maria ^g   Boudouresque, Charles François ^h   Gambi, Maria Cristina ⁱ   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^j   Lejeune, Pierre ^e   Montefalcone, Monica ^k   Pergent, Gerard ^l   Pergent Martini, Christine ^l   Sanchez Jerez, Pablo ^m   Velimirov, Branko ⁿ   Vizzini, Salvatrice ^o   Abadie, Arnaud ^e,f   Coll, Marta ^p   Guidetti, Paolo ^q   Micheli, Fiorenza ^r   Possingham, Hugh P ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e STARESO Research Station   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^h STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

ⁱ STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^j JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^p CNRS   (France)

^q UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^r STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conservation actions; Ecosystem based management; Expert knowledge elicitation; Multiple threats; Seagrass; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAGRASS; VULNERABILITY;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALISMATALES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTION;

ALISMATIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84937072814     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12468     Document Type: Article

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