@article{fdi:010062938,
  title = {{B}iodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the {M}editerranean {S}ea},
  author = {{L}evin, {N}. and {C}oll, {M}arta and {F}raschetti, {S}. and {G}al, {G}. and {G}iakoumi, {S}. and {G}{\¨o}ke, {C}. and {H}eymans, {J}.{J}. and {K}atsanevakis, {S}. and {M}azor, {T}. and {O}ztürk, {B}. and {R}ilov, {G}. and {G}ajewski, {J}. and {S}teenbeek, {J}. and {K}ark, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {M}editerranean {S}ea's biodiversity and ecosystems face many threats due to anthropogenic pressures. {S}ome of these include human population growth, coastal urbanization, accelerated human activities, and climate change. {T}o enhance the formation of a science-based system of marine protected areas in the {M}editerranean {S}ea, data on the spatial distribution of ecological features (abiotic variables, species, communities, habitats, and ecosystems) is required to inform conservation scientists and planners. {H}owever, the spatial data required is often lacking. {I}n this review, we aimed to address the status of our knowledge for 3 major types of spatial information: bathymetry, classification of marine habitats, and species distributions. {T}o exemplify the data gaps and approaches to bridge them, we examined case studies that systematically prioritize conservation in the {M}editerranean {S}ea. {W}e found that at present the data required for conservation planning is generally more readily available and of better quality for the {E}uropean countries located in the {W}estern {M}editerranean {S}ea. {A}dditionally, the {M}editerranean {S}ea is lagging behind other marine regions where rigorous criteria for conservation planning has been applied in the past 20 yr. {T}herefore, we call upon scientists, governments, and international governmental and non-governmental organizations to harmonize current approaches in marine mapping and to develop a framework that is applicable throughout the {M}editerranean region. {S}uch coordination between stakeholders is urgently needed before more countries undertake further extensive habitat mapping, so that future conservation planning can use integrated spatial datasets.},
  keywords = {{MILIEU} {MARIN} ; {CONSERVATION} {DE} {LA} {NATURE} ; {PROTECTION} {DE} {L}'{ECOSYSTEME} ; {PLANIFICATION} ; {COLLECTE} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {ANALYSE} {SPATIALE} ; {BATHYMETRIE} ; {CARTOGRAPHIE} ; {BASE} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {BIODIVERSITE} ; {AIRE} {MARINE} {PROTEGEE} ; {RECOMMANDATIONS} ; {MEDITERRANEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}arine {E}cology {P}rogress {S}eries},
  volume = {508},
  numero = {},
  pages = {261--281},
  ISSN = {0171-8630},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.3354/meps10857},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062938},
}