Development of the marine protected area network in the Argentine Islands area (Akademik Vernadsky Antarctic Station, Ukraine)

Based on underwater observations the establishment of marine protected areas in the Stella Creek and Skua Creek straits were proposed. Selection of areas was carried out in accordance with the protocol NAGISA and acoustic bottom survey of the Argentine Islands water area. Descriptions of the marine...

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Published in:Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Main Authors: A. Yu. Utevsky, M. Yu. Kolesnykova, D. V. Shmyrov, O. I. Sinna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Ukrainian
Published: State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center 2020
Subjects:
stella creek
skua creek
biodiversity
underwater landscape
iucn
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
Geophysics. Cosmic physics
QC801-809
Antarctic
Argentine
Stella
Argentine Islands
Skua Creek
Stella Creek
Antarc*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.13.2014.230
https://doaj.org/article/0ac654910a784959aba1dd300f366d8e
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Summary:Based on underwater observations the establishment of marine protected areas in the Stella Creek and Skua Creek straits were proposed. Selection of areas was carried out in accordance with the protocol NAGISA and acoustic bottom survey of the Argentine Islands water area. Descriptions of the marine protected areas were developed and their categories according to IUCN methodology were defined. Сompliance indices calculated according to the IUCN methodology assign the Stella Creek and the Skua Creek MPAs to the IUCN protected categories Ia and III, respectively. 3D models of the marine protected areas were designed.

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