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| Davies, J. S.; Guillaumont, Brigitte; Tempera, Fernando; Vertino, A.; Beuck, L.; Olafsdottir, S. H.; Smith, C. J.; Fossa, J. H.; Van Den Beld, Inge; Savini, A.; Rengstorf, A.; Bayle, Christophe; Bourillet, Jean-francois; Arnaud-haond, Sophie; Grehan, A.. |
| Cold-water coral (CWC) habitats can form complex structures which provide refuge, nursery grounds and physical support for a diversity of other living organisms, but despite their ecological significance, CWCs are still vulnerable to human pressures such as fishing, pollution, ocean acidification and global warming Providing coherent and representative conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems including CWCs is one of the aims of the Marine Protected Areas networks being implemented across European seas and oceans under the EC Habitats Directive, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the OSPAR Convention. In order to adequately represent ecosystem diversity these initiatives require a standardised habitat classification that organises the variety... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49474/49961.pdf |
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