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Localizing Ecological Marine Units, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

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Hayleigh Pervorse

Publication year - 2018

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Dissertations/theses

DOI - 10.26716/redlands/master/2018.4

Subject(s) - benthic zone , seafloor spreading , geography , benthic habitat , marine spatial planning , marine ecosystem , marine protected area , marine conservation , oceanography , scale (ratio) , marine reserve , terrain , marine life , environmental resource management , environmental science , ecology , ecosystem , fishery , habitat , cartography , geology , biology

Ecological Marine Units (EMUs), traditionally created at the global scale, provide information about ocean ecosystems from sea surface to sea floor. However at the current scale, areas as small as FGBNMS do not benefit from these classifications. EMUs also do not analyze seafloor attributes such as slope and terrain ruggedness. FGBNMS needed information about the seafloor as well as water column to determine the best expansion boundaries.

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