Systematic Conservation Planning at an Ocean Basin Scale: Identifying a Viable Network of Deep-Sea Protected Areas in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Systematic Conservation Planning at an Ocean Basin Scale: Identifying a Viable Network of Deep-Sea Protected Areas in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Designing conservation networks requires a well-structured framework for achieving essential objectives such as connectivity, replication or viability, and for considering local management and socioeconomic stakes. Although systematic conservation planning (SCP) approaches are increasingly used to i...

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Main Authors: Magali Combes, Sandrine Vaz, Anthony Grehan, Telmo Morato, Sophie Arnaud-Haond, Carlos Dominguez-Carrió, Alan Fox, José Manuel González-Irusta, David Johnson, Oisín Callery, Andrew Davies, Laurence Fauconnet, Ellen Kenchington, Covadonga Orejas, J. Murray Roberts, Gerald Taranto, Lénaick Menot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
marine spatial planning
marine protected areas
biodiversity conservation
spatial prioritization
connectivity
vulnerable marine ecosystems
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.611358/full

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