Conservation of Mediterranean seascapes: Analyses of existing protection schemes

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-332

  Fraschetti, Simonetta ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a   Bussotti, Simona ^a   Guarnieri, Giuseppe ^a   D'Ambrosio, Paolo ^a   Boero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biodiversity; GIS assessment; Habitat; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean sea; Protection efficacy; Rocky shores

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLING; SHORE PROTECTION;

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPA); SUBTIDAL HABITATS; UNPROTECTED ZONES;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ROSEOLIC ACID;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BRINDISI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORRE GUACETO MARINE RESERVE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 9944231880     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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