The coastal waters of the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean Sea, sustain a diversity of
marine habitats and support a wide range of human activities. The islands' shallow waters …

Abstract Cogan, CB, Todd, BJ, Lawton, P., and Noji, TT 2009. The role of marine habitat
mapping in ecosystem-based management.–ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 2033 …

Environmental variables are often used as indirect surrogates for mapping biodiversity
because species survey data are scant at regional scales, especially in the marine realm …

Recent advancements in remote-sensing geophysical technology have enabled the imaging
of deep seafloor regions, and the construction of detailed maps depicting potential marine …

Cold-water coral distributions are only partially understood even in the most well-studied
areas. This is partly due to the only recent development of appropriate technology, and …

This major textbook provides a broad coverage of the ecological foundations of marine
conservation, including the rationale, importance and practicalities of various approaches to …

Developments in acoustic survey techniques, in particular multibeam sonar, have
revolutionised the way we are able to image, map and understand the seabed environment …

The creation of habitat maps commonly is based on defining regions having similar
chemical, physical and biological characteristics. Traditionally, the boundaries between …

At the Mexico meeting, an expert group on the distribu tion of organisms in the deep sea
produced a prelimi nary map containing the locations of what were termed" the centers of …

Management planning is a hierarchical process that translates objectives to
strategies,'what'will be done, and strategies to tactics,'how'it will be done. A strategy …