Management and Conservation of Seamounts

Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 442-475

  Probert, P Keith ^a   Christiansen, Sabine ^b   Gjerde, Kristina M ^c   Gubbay, Susan ^d   Santos, Ricardo S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^c The World Conservation Union (IUCN)   (Poland)

^d University of the Azores ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coral seas; Hydrodynamics; International maritime organization; Seamount ecosystems; Sharks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948780058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691953.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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