Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

Resolving threats to widely distributed marine megafauna requires definition of the geographic distributions of both the threats as well as the population unit(s) of interest. In turn, because individual threats can operate on varying spatial scales, their impacts can affect different segments of a...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 5; no. 12; p. e15465
Main Authors:	Wallace, Bryan P., DiMatteo, Andrew D., Hurley, Brendan J., Finkbeiner, Elena M., Bolten, Alan B., Chaloupka, Milani Y., Hutchinson, Brian J., Abreu-Grobois, F. Alberto, Amorocho, Diego, Bjorndal, Karen A., Bourjea, Jerome, Bowen, Brian W., Dueñas, Raquel Briseño, Casale, Paolo, Choudhury, B. C., Costa, Alice, Dutton, Peter H., Fallabrino, Alejandro, Girard, Alexandre, Girondot, Marc, Godfrey, Matthew H., Hamann, Mark, López-Mendilaharsu, Milagros, Marcovaldi, Maria Angela, Mortimer, Jeanne A., Musick, John A., Nel, Ronel, Pilcher, Nicolas J., Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Troëng, Sebastian, Witherington, Blair, Mast, Roderic B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 17.12.2010 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Animal behavior Animals Aquatic ecosystems Biodiversity Biogeography Biologi Biological evolution Biological Sciences Biology Caretta caretta Chelonia mydas Coarsening Conservation Conservation of Natural Resources Conservation status Data processing Dermochelys coriacea Downloading Ecology Ecology (including Biodiversity Conservation) Ecosystem Ecosystem biology Ekologi Endangered & extinct species Environmental planning Eretmochelys imbricata Fisheries Gene flow Gene mapping Genetic analysis Genetics Genetics, Population Geographical distribution Geography Human Activities Humans International Iterative methods Lamnidae Lepidochelys kempii Lepidochelys olivacea Life Sciences Management Marine Biology Marine conservation Marine protected areas Marine resources Megafauna Models, Genetic Natator depressus Natural Sciences Naturvetenskap Nesting Population Population genetics Protected species Protection and preservation Regional development Reptiles & amphibians Sciences of the Universe Sea turtles Segments Spatial distribution Species diversity Telemetry Telemetry - methods Thunnus thynnus Tuna Turtles Turtles - genetics Wildlife conservation Working groups North Carolina Rio de Janeiro Brazil Mozambique United States > US Brazil Hawaii Italy Australia Florida France Virginia India
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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