Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters - Updates and the application of a new scoring system

Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters - Updates and the application of a new scoring system

Building on earlier work identifying Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetaceans in U.S. waters (BIA I), we describe the methodology and structured expert elicitation principles used in the “BIA II” effort to update existing BIAs, identify and delineate new BIAs, and score BIAs for 25 cetacean...

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Main Authors: Jolie Harrison, Megan C. Ferguson, Leslie New, Jesse Cleary, Corrie Curtice, Sarah DeLand, Ei Fujioka, Patrick N. Halpin, Reny B. Tyson Moore, Sofie M. Van Parijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
BIA
habitat use
distribution
behavior
conservation
management
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1081893/full

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