Marine spatial planning in a transboundary context: Linking baja California with California's network of marine protected areas

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Arafeh Dalmau, Nur ^a   Torres Moye, Guillermo ^a   Seingier, Georges ^a   Montaño Moctezuma, Gabriela ^a   Micheli, Fiorenza ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data poor; Eco regional conservation; Marine protected areas; Marine spatial planning; Transboundary networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020211864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00150     Document Type: Article

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