The Structure of Mediterranean Rocky Reef Ecosystems across Environmental and Human Gradients, and Conservation Implications

Enric Sala; Enric Ballesteros; Panagiotis Dendrinos; Antonio Di Franco; Francesco Ferretti; David Foley; Simonetta Fraschetti; Alan Friedlander; Joaquim Garrabou; Harun Güçlüsoy; Paolo Guidetti; Benjamin S. Halpern; Bernat Hereu; Alexandros A. Karamanlidis; Zafer Kizilkaya; Enrique Macpherson; Luisa Mangialajo; Simone Mariani; Fiorenza Micheli; Antonio Pais; Kristin Riser; Andrew A. Rosenberg; Marta Sales; Kimberly A. Selkoe; Rick Starr; Fiona Tomas; Mikel Zabala

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032742

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The Structure of Mediterranean Rocky Reef Ecosystems across Environmental and Human Gradients, and Conservation Implications

Enric Sala ,

* E-mail: esala@ngs.org

Affiliations National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, CEAB-CSIC, Blanes, Spain
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Enric Ballesteros,

Affiliation Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, CEAB-CSIC, Blanes, Spain
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Panagiotis Dendrinos,

Affiliation MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, Athens, Greece
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Antonio Di Franco,

Affiliation DiSTeBA, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Francesco Ferretti,

Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
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David Foley,

Affiliations NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Simonetta Fraschetti,

Affiliation DiSTeBA, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Alan Friedlander,

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Joaquim Garrabou,

Affiliation Centre Mediterrani d'Investigacions Marines i Ambientals, ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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Harun Güçlüsoy,

Affiliations Dokuz Eylül University – Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey, SAD-EKOG, Maltepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Paolo Guidetti,

Affiliation DiSTeBA, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Benjamin S. Halpern,

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
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Bernat Hereu,

Affiliation Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Alexandros A. Karamanlidis,

Affiliation MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, Athens, Greece
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Zafer Kizilkaya,

Affiliation SAD-EKOG, Maltepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Enrique Macpherson,

Affiliation Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, CEAB-CSIC, Blanes, Spain
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Luisa Mangialajo,

Affiliation Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
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Simone Mariani,

Affiliation Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, CEAB-CSIC, Blanes, Spain
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Fiorenza Micheli,

Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
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Antonio Pais,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Kristin Riser,

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Andrew A. Rosenberg,

Affiliation Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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Marta Sales,

Affiliation Estació d'Investigació Jaume Ferrer, IEO-Centre Oceanogràfic de Balears, Maó, Spain
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Kimberly A. Selkoe,

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
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Rick Starr,

Affiliations Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
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Fiona Tomas,

Affiliation Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, CEAB-CSIC, Blanes, Spain
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Mikel Zabala

Affiliation Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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The Structure of Mediterranean Rocky Reef Ecosystems across Environmental and Human Gradients, and Conservation Implications

Enric Sala,
Enric Ballesteros,
Panagiotis Dendrinos,
Antonio Di Franco,
Francesco Ferretti,
David Foley,
Simonetta Fraschetti,
Alan Friedlander,
Joaquim Garrabou,
Harun Güçlüsoy

Published: February 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032742

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