Evidence-based marine protected area planning for a highly mobile endangered marine vertebrate
| Autor: | Drosos Koutsoubas, Gail Schofield, Alexandra Dimadi, Graeme C. Hays, Martin K. S. Lilley, Kostas A. Katselidis, Sabrina Fossette, Rebecca Scott, John D. Pantis, Amalia D. Karagouni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Marine conservation
education.field_of_study biology Population Endangered species biology.organism_classification law.invention Fishery Sea turtle Geography law Marine vertebrate Marine protected area Fisheries management Turtle (robot) education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Biological Conservation. 161:101-109 |
| ISSN: | 0006-3207 |
| Popis: | Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) now form an important part of marine conservation and fisheries management; hence, there is broad interest in developing procedures that optimize their design. We used data collected over a 10-year period (2003–2012) from direct surveys and >100 adult male and female loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) tracked with devices, including GPS loggers and Fastloc GPS-Argos, to consider the optimum design for a MPA at a globally important breeding area, where there is already an existing national marine park aiming to protect the population (Zakynthos, Greece). Turtles primarily used areas very close to shore (approx. 7 km in length by 1 km in width, within the |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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