The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Global Ecology and Biogeography

• Publication date

  2012-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2011.00697.X
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