The bioregionalisation revival

The aim of this paper is to review some of the economic drivers of large scale bioregionalisation, using examples from deep sea hydrothermal vent communities, the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, andAustralia. These economic drivers are mainly recent conservation efforts, while early 20th century bioreg...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: EBACH, MALTE C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2013
Subjects:
General
Antarctica
Australia
bioregionalisation
conservation
deep sea biogeography
hydrothermal vent communities
resource exploitation
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3635.3.6
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3635.3.6
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to review some of the economic drivers of large scale bioregionalisation, using examples from deep sea hydrothermal vent communities, the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic, andAustralia. These economic drivers are mainly recent conservation efforts, while early 20th century bioregionalisation was driven by 19th century taxonomy and exploration to assess available biological resources for economic exploitation. Modern regionalisation, particularly of the Antarctic and deep sea hydrothermal vent communities, are driven by conservation studies to protect areas from economic exploitation, rather than biogeographical questions concerning endemism and natural classification.

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