The structure of Mediterranean rocky reef ecosystems across environmental and human gradients, and conservation implications.

The structure of Mediterranean rocky reef ecosystems across environmental and human gradients, and conservation implications.

Historical exploitation of the Mediterranean Sea and the absence of rigorous baselines makes it difficult to evaluate the current health of the marine ecosystems and the efficacy of conservation actions at the ecosystem level. Here we establish the first current baseline and gradient of ecosystem st...

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Main Authors: Enric Sala, Enric Ballesteros, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Antonio Di Franco, Francesco Ferretti, David Foley, Simonetta Fraschetti, Alan Friedlander, Joaquim Garrabou, Harun Güçlüsoy, Paolo Guidetti, Benjamin S Halpern, Bernat Hereu, Alexandros A Karamanlidis, Zafer Kizilkaya, Enrique Macpherson, Luisa Mangialajo, Simone Mariani, Fiorenza Micheli, Antonio Pais, Kristin Riser, Andrew A Rosenberg, Marta Sales, Kimberly A Selkoe, Rick Starr, Fiona Tomas, Mikel Zabala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3290621?pdf=render

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