Integrated assessment of marine biodiversity status using a prototype indicator-based assessment tool

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Andersen, Jesper H ^a,b   Dahl, Karsten ^c   Göke, Cordula ^c   Hartvig, Martin ^d,e   Murray, Ciarán ^c   Rindorf, Anna ^d   Skov, Henrik ^f   Vinther, Morten ^d   Korpinen, Samuli ^b  

^a NIVA Denmark Water Research   (Denmark)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Communities; Habitats; Integrated assessment; Marine; Marine strategy framework directive; Species

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008951991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00055     Document Type: Article

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