In order to protect the biological diversity of marine life in Australia's exclusive economic
zone (EEZ), the Commonwealth Government has passed the Environment Protection and …

Marine reserves, or protected areas, are used to meet an array of biodiversity and
conservation objectives. The design of regional networks of marine reserves is concerned …

A partir de un ejercicio de planificación ecorregional para la selección de sitios prioritarios
de conservación en el Caribe colombiano y la calificación de criterios ecológicos, se …

Numbers of species at mid-shore levels on rocky shores were sampled across 415 km to test
hypotheses about patterns along the coast of New South Wales, Australia. In two different …

El establecimiento de redes de áreas marinas protegidas (AMP) ecológicamente
representativas es una importante herramienta de manejo con que se cuenta para proteger …

Oceanographic forces can strongly affect the movement of planktonic marine larvae, often
producing predictable spatial patterns of larval delivery. In particular, recent empirical …

Canadian and US marine conservation law, and other related law, was analyzed to
determine if it reflected ecological criteria needed to implement connectivity among marine …

Video footage recorded from 14 submersible dives on the continental shelf edge was used
to describe and categorize reef morphology and quantify density and number of …

Networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) are recognized as a powerful tool to sustain the
viability of marine biodiversity. Coherent networks of marine protected areas are needed to …

Coastal managers presently rely on a limited set of decision support tools for designing
marine protected areas (MPAs) or subzones. A new approach, defining potential sizes and …