A hierarchical classification of benthic biodiversity and assessment of protected areas in the Southern Ocean.

A hierarchical classification of benthic biodiversity and assessment of protected areas in the Southern Ocean.

An international effort is underway to establish a representative system of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean to help provide for the long-term conservation of marine biodiversity in the region. Important to this undertaking is knowledge of the distribution of benthic assemblages....

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Main Authors: Lucinda L Douglass, Joel Turner, Hedley S Grantham, Stefanie Kaiser, Andrew Constable, Rob Nicoll, Ben Raymond, Alexandra Post, Angelika Brandt, Daniel Beaver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4102490?pdf=render

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