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Microplastics pollution in Marine Protected Areas of Southern Sri Lanka.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in marine environment. The prevalence of MPs in coastal and lagoon sediments, and water were studied in two Marine Protected Areas (MPAs); Bundala National Park (BNP) and Hikkaduwa Marine National Park (HNP) in Sri ...
W. L. S. Sevwandi Dharmadasa +4 more
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Marine Protected Areas: At the Crossroads of Nature Conservation and Fisheries Management
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Marine protected areas (MPAs) are designated parts of the ocean that restrict human activities to a certain degree. MPAs are established around the world using a wide range of legislative instruments and thus come in a variety of forms and shapes ...
Michael Kriegl +3 more
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Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 In this paper a novel methodology to assess the risk of marine litter (ML) pollution in the Mediterranean Sea is implemented. In this approach, the hazard component is estimated using a state-of-the-art 3D modeling system, which allows the simulation of ...
J. Soto-Navarro +5 more
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The outlook for the establishment and management of marine protected area network in China
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2018 :: This paper describes the basic conditions for the development of marine protected areas (MPAs) of China, and analyzes the characteristics of marine ecosystem diversity and species diversity according to the needs of protecting marine ecosystems.
Bin Wang
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Український антарктичний журнал, 2020 Based on underwater observations the establishment of marine protected areas in the Stella Creek and Skua Creek straits were proposed. Selection of areas was carried out in accordance with the protocol NAGISA and acoustic bottom survey of the Argentine ...
A. Yu. Utevsky +3 more
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Evaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas
African Journal of Marine Science, 2021 We reviewed 140 papers to assess the ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas (MPAs). Evidence was assessed for coverage and representivity, protection of important biodiversity areas, other recognised elements of effectiveness ...
S. Kirkman +10 more
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Building partnership capacity for the collaborative management of marine protected areas in the UK: A preliminary analysis [PDF]
, 2005 This paper reports the findings of a preliminary analysis of 15 case studies of inshore marine protected areas in the UK. It draws on the common-pool resource (CPR) literature and is premised on the thesis that building partnership capacity amongst ...
Burgess, Jacquelin +3 more
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Marine Policy, 2021 Systems of marine spatial planning (MSP) are now being introduced in many countries, with the intention of more rational arrangement of maritime uses and interests.
B. Trouillet, S. Jay
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Changes in fish assemblages following the establishment of a network of no-take marine reserves and partially-protected areas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Networks of no-take marine reserves and partially-protected areas (with limited fishing) are being increasingly promoted as a means of conserving biodiversity.
Brendan P Kelaher +5 more
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eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas
bioRxiv, 2020 Monitoring of marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical for marine ecosystem management, yet current protocols rely on SCUBA-based visual surveys that are costly and time consuming, limiting their scope and effectiveness.
Zachary J Gold +4 more
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