Mapping Habitats and Developing Baselines in Offshore Marine Reserves with Little Prior Knowledge: A Critical Evaluation of a New Approach.

The recently declared Australian Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) Network covers a total of 3.1 million km2 of continental shelf, slope, and abyssal habitat. Managing and conserving the biodiversity values within this network requires knowledge of the physical and biological assets that lie within...

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Main Authors: Emma Lawrence, Keith R Hayes, Vanessa L Lucieer, Scott L Nichol, Jeffrey M Dambacher, Nicole A Hill, Neville Barrett, Johnathan Kool, Justy Siwabessy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4619713?pdf=render