Fine-scale cartography of human impacts along French Mediterranean coasts: A relevant map for the management of marine ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Holon, Florian ^a,b   Mouquet, Nicolas ^b   Boissery, Pierre ^c   Bouchoucha, Marc ^d   Delaruelle, Gwenaelle ^a   Tribot, Anne Sophie ^a   Deter, Julie ^a,b  

^a Andromède Océanologie ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c French Water Agency Rhône Méditerranée Corse RMC   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN COAST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEASHORE; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRANCE; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 84942865145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135473     Document Type: Article

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