Ecoregional planning in marine environments: identifying priority sitesfor conservation in the northern Gulf of Mexico

摘要

1. The overall aim of this work was to identify sites within the northern Gulf of Mexico that. if protected. would fully represent the biological diversity of the nearshore waters of this ecoregion. In this paper. we focus on the eastern subregion, northwest Florida, to illustrate the process of ecoregional planning in marine environments.