An ecosystem evaluation framework for global seamount conservation and management.

In the last twenty years, several global targets for protection of marine biodiversity have been adopted but have failed. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims at preserving 10% of all the marine biomes by 2020. For achieving this goal, ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBS...

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Main Authors: Gerald H Taranto, Kristina Ø Kvile, Tony J Pitcher, Telmo Morato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3414466?pdf=render