Achieving a Scientifically Based Regional System of Marine Protected Areas in the Northwest Straits: A Nearshore PerspectivePresents an investigation of nearshore habitat types of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) along the Northwest Straits and an evaluation of their functionality as components of a potential "de facto" MPA network based upon the following five criteria: representativeness, replication, oceanographic linkage, size, and level of protection |
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LIST OF FIGURES | 3 |
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 6 |
MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS | 11 |
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Agardy CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA THE UNIVERSITY DIEGO CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY DIEGO OF CALIFORNIA DIEGO THE LIBRARIES DIEGO THE UNIVERSITY entire Northwest Straits existing MPAs fully protected MPAs geomorphology and vegetation geomorphology type habitat types individual MPAs intertidal IUCN Kelleher Kelp/Fucus level of protection LIBRARIES CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES LIBRARIES LIBRARIES SAN DIEGO LIBRARIES THE LIBRARIES LIBRARIES UNIVERSITY Marine Conservation Initiative Marine Protected Areas marine reserve networks marine resources MPA network design Murray and Ferguson network of MPAs Northwest Straits Commission Northwest Straits Marine Northwest Straits shoreline Number NWSMCI organics/fines ORNIA partially protected MPAs protected MPA shorelines replicated rock with sand/gravel saltmarsh SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO LIBRARIES San Juan County sand/gravel rock seagrass ShoreZone Inventory Straits Marine Conservation subtidal System of Marine underrepresented UNIVE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY THE LIBRARIES UNIVERSITY THE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY vegetation types Washington WDFW WDNR World Conservation Union